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. [4]
Women protested in Ordzhonikidze Square, in Yakutsk. [5] Some elderly men were conscripted by mistake. [6]
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.” [7] The Free Buryatia Foundation collects appeals for help from families of mobilised men. Alexandra Garmazhapova, president of the foundation, some local people try to go to Mongolia. [8]
Marina Salomatova, a member of the “Transbaikal Civil Solidarity”, has been arrested in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai. [10] [11]
Women protested against mobilization in Kyzyl, 20 of them were arrested. [12]