Fostering Proximity Through Telegram’s Logistics: Russian Anti-War Activism Between Streets and Streams
Journal: Media and Communication
Year: 2026

Space is “a set of relations &lt;em&gt;between&lt;/em&gt; entities and is not a substance” (Urry, 1985, p. 25). Starting from this proposition, this article examines the constitution of protest spaces enacted through a set of physical and technological entities. The case study is of Russian anti-war actors who aimed to organise anti-war protests following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, after which repression in the country significantly intensified and many were forced into exile. By conductin