According to the Kremlin-controlled media, the overwhelming majority of Russians support the war against Ukraine. There is no mass movement against the invasion, the state's propagandists argue, and yet the authorities tirelessly track down and prosecute ordinary people for criticizing the "special operation" on social media and at small protests with banners that read, "No to the war!" But can these statements against the invasion change anything? Are they worth the risks? What's the point of such actions if the war continues regardless? Maria Sereda at the Greenhouse of Social Technologies (Teplitsa) discussed these questions with Croatian-Bosnian human rights activist Igor Blazhevich, who's assisted with deliveries of humanitarian aid to conflict zones and helped found the charity group People in Need. With Teplitsa's kind permission, Meduza republishes Blazhevich's remarks in full.
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