2022 Russian Far East protests
Protests against military mobilization
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With the beginning of mobilization in Russia in September 2022 during the Russo-Ukrainian war, anti-war and anti-mobilization protests broke out in the Russian Far East, mostly performed by women.[1] Former Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj protested against usage of ethnic minorities such as the Buryats, Tuvans, and Kalmyks as cannon fodder,[2] and invited them to Mongolia.[3] The Tuvans belong to Turkic peoples but are also regarded in Mongolia as one of the Uriankhai peoples.[a]
Sakha
Buryatia
Small groups protested in Ulan-Ude under handwritten signs "No war! No mobilization!" and "Our husbands, fathers and brothers don’t want to kill other husbands and fathers."[6] The Free Buryatia Foundation collects appeals for help from families of mobilised men. According to Alexandra Garmazhapova, president of the foundation, some local people try to go to Mongolia.[7]
Zabaykalsky Krai
Marina Salomatova, a member of the "Transbaikal Civil Solidarity", has been arrested in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai.[9][10]
Tuva
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Notes
- "Uriyangqad, which is the plural form of Uriyangqan, itself originally a plural of Uriyangqai."
- KRUEGER, John (1977). Tuvan Manual. p. 10. ISBN 9780700709267. - Which quotes from Serruys, Henry (1959). "The Mongols in China during the Hung-wu Period". Melanges chinois et bouddhiques. Vol. 11. Brussels: Imprimerie Sainte-Catherine. pp. 282–283.