Have there been any anti-war demonstrations in Russia?

[Coventina]

Just wondering how the Russians are feeling about all this nonsense.

Are they behind Putin?

[nycbos]

1. They'd get shot if they did that.

[Coventina]

3. There have been a number of anti-Putin protests the last several years.

Arrests, yes, shootings, no.

[paleotn]

4. Not publicly anyway.

[nycbos]

6. And then leaders of the protests find themselves...

... the victims mysterious "accidents."

[Pobeka]

2. Referring you to this:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216374745

[Lunabell]

5. I don't think they're allowed to.

Putin is a tyrant.

[Silent3]

7. Putin has never been protest-friendly, but the crackdown has gotten a lot worse recently

The shutdown of Memorium just this last December, on trumped-up charges of being a "foreign agent", was a particularly bad sign.

[uponit7771]

8. I'd put good money on it there's no opposition views in Russia to a build up of forces outside of

... Ukraine

[Beastly Boy]

9. 69% approval and rising

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/02/04/putins-approval-grows-amid-ukraine-tensions-poll-a76256

[Samrob]

10. Yes, all six of the protestors are in prison as of yesterday. nt

[Hekate]

11. Does Polonium glow in the dark? Does labor in the Gulag build muscles? Are 2nd story windows...

… a good exit?