Protests

• 
  Protests

  2023-04-20

  Uzbeks say no to pro-Kremlin performers at Zhara music festival

  Uzbeks join others in ex-Soviet states in having no desire for live entertainment by so-called 'Z-artists' who have publicly professed their support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

• 
  Protests

  2023-03-17

  Underground resistance movement builds in Crimea as Ukrainian forces approach

  With Ukrainian forces inching closer to the peninsula's borders, analysts and Ukrainian authorities are seeing more and more subversion and covert protests.

• 
  Protests

  2023-02-27

  Tens of thousands rally around the world in solidarity with Ukraine

  With disgust at the Russian invasion of Ukraine greater than ever a year after the war began, protesters across the globe rallied over the weekend demanding peace in Ukraine.

• 
  Protests

  2022-09-23

  'I don't want to die': Exodus from Russia as citizens flee Putin's mobilization

  Countless Russians are fleeing the country as fears are growing over Putin's call for broader mobilization. Embarrassing setbacks in Ukraine have demoralized the shrinking Russian army.

• 
  Protests

  2022-05-06

  Moscow's Victory Day commemoration tarred by losses, atrocities in Ukraine

  The conduct of the Russian army in Ukraine has completely tarnished the image of the institution that once stood against Nazi power. Many say holding the May 9 festival is a 'disgraceful' act.

• 
  Protests

  2022-03-22

  Russian forces disperse Ukrainian protesters with stun grenades, gunfire

  Demonstrators returned to the streets Tuesday even after Russian troops violently dispersed them Monday.

• 
  Protests

  2022-03-08

  Ukraine invasion prompts Kazakhs to turn off Russian media outlets

  Putin's invasion of Ukraine has exposed the degree to which Russian media outlets are Kremlin propaganda megaphones, and people are turning elsewhere for objective information.

• 
  Protests

  2022-03-04

  Growing outrage of Russian oligarchs, citizens darkens Putin's future

  Even those who have profited exorbitantly under Putin's rule are coming out and denouncing the costly, unnecessary and barbaric war. Many wonder if the Russian leader's days are numbered.

• 
  Protests

  2022-03-02

  Uzbeks join world in condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine

  'I suppose they'll head to northern Kazakhstan tomorrow -- to establish the Petropavlovsk People's Republic?' wrote an Uzbek user, referring to another territory claimed by Russian leaders.

• 
  Protests

  2022-01-28

  Rising global protests over Chinese influence send warning to Central Asia

  Major eruptions of protests and violence in Pakistan and Iraq, and signs of more countries elsewhere sinking into debt traps, are causing many to rethink 'deals' with Beijing.