Patterns of Resistance are changing. A Digest of Protests in Russia (17-24 June 2022)
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One of last week’s major media events was the premiere of Andrei Loshak’s “Breaking Ties”. The film talked of the split in Russia between generations and within families and how attempts to express anti-war views led children to leave home and husbands and wives to divorce.
The film’s protagonists talked about guilt, responsibility, their own activism and attempts to overcome the incomprehension of their parents. “Breaking Ties” also showed the strength of propaganda and the people who succumbed to it. The film was broadcast on the “Nastoyashchee vremya” (Current time) channel and quickly clocked up more than a million hits.
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On 23 June, the Riga-based website Meduza [E][1] published a lengthy guide explaining how people living in Russia could engage in current anti-war activities. Taken together anti-war channels on Telegram, Meduza estimated, had one quarter of a million subscribers and, according to their information, the number was growing. There follows a brief summary of the projects mentioned in the guide.
