White Scarves and Flowers: Wives and Mothers of Mobilized Soldiers Take Resentment to the Kremlin

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authorities] to set a certain return date for our civilian men who had no military training
protested against repressions under the country's military dictatorships in the 1980s that saw thousands of people disappear
from different ends of the political spectrum, with those who oppose the war and those who say their only goal is to bring their loved ones
the armed conflict in Ukraine," some female relatives told The Moscow Times they believed the authorities were trying to silence their
voices.In locations such as St
Petersburg, protest organizers have been denied permission to hold their demonstrations
deal with what is seen as one of the Kremlin's biggest domestic political challenges, the authorities are reportedly investing in loyal
shared a different stance.Valeria, whose father was sent to the front as part of the mobilization, said her letters and petitions about a
return day to local officials were ignored
Some Russian lawyers refuse to work on mobilization cases, apparently disbelieving that soldiers could be returned home with the help of a
flower rally, a Moscow Times reporter saw a police and law enforcement presence.Police briefly detained Andreyeva at the gathering after she
announcing the mobilization campaign, Putin met with a group of the mothers of Russian soldiers serving in Ukraine at the event to mark
month, around a dozen women relatives of those mobilized, including Andreyeva, managed to meet with presidential hopeful Boris Nadezhdin,
boyfriend was sent to the front, told The Moscow Times
conscripted men have been verified as killed in Ukraine since September 2022, according to an independent tally by Mediazona and BBC
which is not yet very dangerous for the authorities, is being perceived with double attention, especially ahead of the March presidential
Oreshkin said
years, has been unjustly branded as a "foreign agent" by the Russian government
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