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Wat is het lot van iemand die in Rusland openlijk de kant van Oekraïne kiest?

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More than 30,000 technology workers,[222] 6,000 medical workers, 3,400 architects,[223] more than 4,300 teachers,[224] more than 17,000 artists,[225] 5,000 scientists,[226] and 2,000 actors, directors, and other creative figures signed open letters calling for Putin's government to stop the war.[227][228]

Representatives of Russian arts and culture workers initiated an open letter expressing solidarity with the Ukrainian people and protesting against the war. As of 23:00 Moscow time on 27 February 2022, the letter was signed by 17,000 people.[232]

44 Russian chess players, including world championship challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi, women's world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk, world rapid champion Daniil Dubov, and world junior champion Polina Shuvalova, published an open letter in April 2022, stating opposition for and calling for an end to the war.[236][237]

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) officially supports the invasion and is often characterized as a controlled opposition to Putin's government, however, some youth and left-wing factions within the party have opposed the war.[248] The only two members of the State Duma to have spoken against the war have been KPRF deputies: Mikhail Matveyev[249][250] and Oleg Smolin.[251] KPRF senator Vyacheslav Markhayev has also spoken against the war.[252] On 27 May 2022, two KPRF lawmakers from the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai were kicked out of the oblast's KPRF group and two others were reprimanded by the party after presenting a statement in opposition to the war.[253][254]

After the invasion began on 24 February, several Russian celebrities, including pop star Valery Meladze, television host Ivan Urgant and television presenter Ksenia Sobchak, unambiguously criticized it on social media.[121] The comedian and television presenter Maxim Galkin and television comedian Alexander Gudkov [ru] also condemned the war,[283] as did actress Chulpan Khamatova[284] and actor Konstantin Khabensky.[285]

Pianist and composer Evgeny Kissin described Russia's invasion as a crime that cannot be justified.[225] The pianist Alexander Melnikov said "I'm furious with [Putin's government] for making me feel guilty about being Russian."[225] Pop singer Sergey Lazarev called for the war to stop.[290]

On 21 March, rock musician Zemfira released an anti-war music video to her 2017 song "Don't Shoot", while also removing all of her other songs from her YouTube channel. The video contained footage of Russia's military assault on Ukraine and of anti-war protests in Moscow.[304]

In September, singer Alla Pugacheva spoke out against the invasion, writing that Russians were dying in Ukraine for "illusory goals", and that the invasion was "turning our country into a pariah and worsening the lives of our citizens."[305]


De escalatie van de oorlog was niet populair by een deel van de Russische elite, en vooral dan deze met Joodse roots en banden met of investeringen in het Westen.
De overgrote meerderheid van degene die zich uitspraken tegen de invasie wonen nog gewoon in Rusland. Een kleine minderheid ervan verloor hun baan of verhuisde (meestal maar voor enkele maanden) naar het buitenland. Slechts enkelen werden juridisch vervolgd. Niemand van de hierboven opgesomde bekendheden werd vermoord of "viel door het raam."

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Wat Oekraine betreft, iedereen die er van verdacht werd pro-Russisch te zijn werd vermoord, gevangen genomen, gemarteld en verdween. Niet alleen Oekrainers maar ook enkele buitenlanders.