The authorities are trying to block any possible development of a wider social movement throughout the country.
In different regions Russia protests from mobilized relatives have intensified, despite the Kremlin's efforts to suppress them.
This was reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
In particular, on February 10, Russian opposition publications published footage of members of the public movement “The Way Home” laying flowers and gathering at monuments in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vladivostok and Yekaterinburg. They called for the demobilization of their relatives.
Members of the movement visited the election headquarters of Russian presidential candidate Vladislav Davankov in Moscow and handed over letters to his team calling for demobilization.
Analysts recall that last week Russian authorities tried to censor a protest by members of the “Way Home” at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow and on nearby Manezhnaya Square.
“ISW continues to believe that the government's censorship and discrediting of the Way Home social movement underscores the Kremlin's desperate desire to shut down these movements, especially in the run-up to the Russian presidential elections in March 2024,” it said.
It became known earlier that Russia is recruiting mercenaries in Syria to participate in hostilities against Ukraine. Upon arrival in the aggressor country, Syrians are given Russian passports and then mobilized into the occupation army.
“The recruitment of Syrians for the war indicates a deterioration in the moral and psychological state of the Russian occupation forces due to large-scale losses and the need to replenish them for further meat assaults,” the GUR believes.
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