Protests against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

There were **protests against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine** in many places.

## Russia

1,700 Russians in 53 Russian cities have been arrested arrested by police for protesting against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 24 February, Russia said to not make any "unsanctioned" protest. Authorities said that they would get arrested for protesting against the war. Over 60 Russian activists and journalist have been arrested.

Dmitry Muratov, a Nobel Peace Prize winner said that the _Novaya Gazeta_ newspaper would be in both Ukrainian and Russian. A lot of journalists signed a document saying that Ukraine wouldn't hurt Russia. The document also asked Russian citizens "to say no to this war."

Russian leader Alexei Navalny disliked the attack on Ukraine. He called the people who started the war "bandits and thieves."

On 24 February, Lev Ponomaryov made a petition to protest the invasion. It got 289,000 signatures by the end of the day.

## Outside Russia

There have been many protests in Russia's embassies and consulates. These include:

- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Canada
- Chile
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lithuania
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway. The former mayor of Sør-Varanger (municipality), gave back the friendship medal that he got from Putin.  On 8 March, the local council where the Embassy of Russia is located, is scheduled to vote on a proposal to change the name of a stretch of road where the embassy is located - proposed name: "Ukraine Street".
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Spain
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- United Kingdom
- United States

Protests were also done in Istanbul, Luxembourg City, Sydney, Tokyo and Vienna. In Valencia, Venezuela, many students held a protest.

## Related pages

- Anti-war movement
- Reactions to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

## Infobox (civil conflict)

- **title**: Protests against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- **side2**: Government of Russia
* Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia), MVD
** Police of Russia
** Internal Troops of Russia, Russian Internal Troops
**OMON
* Ministry of Defence (Russia), MO
- **image**: Ukraine solidarity protest Berlin Pariser Platz with lighted Brandenburg Gate 2022-02-24 02.jpg
- **caption**: Protesters at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany.
- **date**: -ongoing ()
- **place**: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, France, Georgia (country), Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand,  Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Russia, United States, Venezuela
- **causes**: *Opposition to the Russo-Ukrainian War
*Opposition to the authority of Vladimir Putin
- **goals**: *Military withdrawal of Russia from Ukraine
*Resignation of Vladimir Putin
*Resignation of Mikhail Mishustin
*Release of Alexei Navalny
- **methods**: *Demonstrations
*Internet activism
*Strike action
- **side1**: Russian opposition
 Anti-government soldiers
 Anti-government police officers
 Belarus oppostion
- **partof**: the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
and Russian opposition protest rallies
- **leadfigures1**: Leonid Ivashov
- **leadfigures2**: Vladimir Putin
 Mikhail Mishustin
- **arrests**: **24 February:** 1,745
**25 February:** 437