“When they see the coffins”: there will be more powerful protests in Russia, but under two conditions

Any authoritarian society works anyway, this regime has been in Russia for decades. During this time, people have already formed an alienation from politics.

On this during the stream for Channel 24said the Russian political scientist Abbas Gallyamov. He also noted that they are not used to seeing news about such events on TV or reading newspapers, but in real life nothing has changed for them for years.

According to the political scientist, for many Russians, mobilization is still remained an abstract event – they do not yet perceive it through their own prism.

Those people who are able to make decisions and think quickly, they came out to protest. When many Russians receive summonses and go to fight, and coffins go in the opposite direction, then more powerful protests can be expected. Abbas Gallyamov notes.

The political scientist explains that from the point of view of the Russians, these “contract soldiers” who died in Ukraine are “professionals” and mercenaries, and the fact that they are killed is part of the profession .

“Therefore, at the head of a simple Russian watching TV, this is not something that indicates injustice,” he notes.

Briefly about mobilization in Russia< /h3>

• On September 21, Vladimir Putin signed a decree on partial mobilization in Russia. After him, the Kremlin plans to mobilize up to 300 thousand people.
• At the same time, the Russian State Duma amended the Criminal Code on crimes during mobilization and martial law.
• After the announcement of the decision to mobilize in a number of Russian cities held a few protests: the protesters were detained, the rest were dispersed. Representatives of the military registration and enlistment offices did not miss the opportunity to hand over summonses to the detained protesters.