There were protests against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine in many places.
Russia
1,700 Russians in 53 Russian cities have been arrested arrested by police for protesting against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 24 February, Russia said to not make any "unsanctioned" protest. Authorities said that they would get arrested for protesting against the war. Over 60 Russian activists and journalist have been arrested.
Dmitry Muratov, a Nobel Peace Prize winner said that the Novaya Gazeta newspaper would be in both Ukrainian and Russian. A lot of journalists signed a document saying that Ukraine wouldn't hurt Russia. The document also asked Russian citizens "to say no to this war."
Russian leader Alexei Navalny disliked the attack on Ukraine. He called the people who started the war "bandits and thieves."
On 24 February, Lev Ponomaryov made a petition to protest the invasion. It got 289,000 signatures by the end of the day.
Outside Russia
There have been many protests in Russia's embassies and consulates. These include:
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bulgaria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canada
Chile
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Lithuania
Mexico
Moldova
Montenegro
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway. The former mayor of Sør-Varanger (municipality), gave back the friendship medal that he got from Putin. On 8 March, the local council where the Embassy of Russia is located, is scheduled to vote on a proposal to change the name of a stretch of road where the embassy is located - proposed name: "Ukraine Street". Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovakia Spain Taiwan Thailand United Kingdom United States
Protests were also done in Istanbul, Luxembourg City, Sydney, Tokyo and Vienna. In Valencia, Venezuela, many students held a protest.