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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Sep-2022 16:30:01 EDT lnxw48a1
   #Putin: partial mobilization to continue invasion of #Ukraine, votes in captive areas to join #Russia, threats of nuclear war https://nu.federati.net/url/287879 [www nbcnews com]
   1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Sep-2022 21:13:45 EDT GeniusMusing

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      Russia protests: more than 1,300 arrested at anti-war demonstrations Russia | The Guardian
      https://nu.federati.net/url/287880
      
      >Security forces detained more than 1,300 people in Russia on Wednesday at protests denouncing mobilisation, a rights group said, hours after President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s first military draft since the second world war.
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      >The independent OVD-Info protest monitoring group said that according to information it had collated from 38 Russian cities, more than 1,311 people had been held by late evening.
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      >It said those figures included at least 502 in Moscow and 524 in St Petersburg, Russia’s second most populous city. Unsanctioned rallies are illegal under Russia’s anti-protest laws.
      >...
      1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 22-Sep-2022 09:50:57 EDT lnxw48a1

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         @geniusmusing While I’m glad to see a little opposition arising in #Russia, I think #Putin has put himself in a win-or-die situation in #Ukraine.
         1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 22-Sep-2022 10:34:41 EDT GeniusMusing

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            @lnxw48a1
            We had the Arab Spring and now maybe the Russian Fall...
            
            Although there is another opposition going on in Iran these days...
            
            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring
            
            Iran protests spread, death toll rises as internet curbed Reuters
            https://nu.federati.net/url/287889
   2. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 22-Sep-2022 21:55:49 EDT lnxw48a1

      in reply to
      https://nu.federati.net/url/287903 [www telegraph co uk]
      
      Secret section of #Putin order may allow up to 1,000,000 to be called up for deployment to #Ukraine. Protesters in #Russia being conscripted.
      
      Border crossings have long waits and security forces starting to screen people to prevent escape.