Stop the Wagons
Russian anti-war movement
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Stop the Wagons (Russian: Останови вагоны, romanized: Ostanovi vagony) is a Russian anti-war movement that engaged in sabotaging Russian railways in various ways to prevent the transport of equipment, fuel, ammunition and other supplies to the war in Ukraine.[1][2][3]
| Stop the Wagons | |
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| Останови вагоны | |
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| Leader | Decentralized leadership |
| Foundation | 2022 |
| Country |  Russia |
| Allegiance | Russian opposition |
| Motives | 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine |
| Ideology | Anti-war movement |
| Major actions | 2022 rail war |
| Status | Active |
| Opponents | Russia North Korea |
| Battles and wars | 2022 Belarusian and Russian partisan movement |
| Motto | «The war will not pass!» (Russian: «Война не проедет!») |
| Website | ostanovi-vagony |
History
The movement's website contains detailed instructions on sabotaging Russian supply lines and railways.[4][5] On 8 May 2022, the Telegram channel of the movement was blocked. According to their own statements, they were blocked "after the publication of a map of railway resistance, which covered over 30% of the territory of Russia."[6][7]
The movement claimed responsibility for an incident in the Amur Oblast on the Trans-Siberian Railway on 29 June 2022,[8][9][10] for railcar derailment in Tver on 5 July,[11] for derailing several railcars in Krasnoyarsk on 13 July,[12] for freight trains in station Lesosibirsk from Krasnoyarsk Krai,[13] in Makhachkala during the night of 23–24 July[14] (local authorities, as main version, also consider sabotage[15]), and on October Railway's Babaevo station on 12 August.[16]
On 19 July 2022, the website of the movement was blocked by Roskomnadzor in Russia at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office.[17][18]