Is it worth going out to them, or will they lead to nothing? Why is no one spreading information about them or calling for people to go out?
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To put it very briefly, it is not worth going to rallies in Russia; it is an irrational waste of strength. A public appearance against the regime today is considered treason to the motherland in Russia and is punished with prison terms of up to fifteen years. But, as they say, if you’re going to be hanged for stealing a lamb, you might as well steal a sheep. A campaign of civil disobedience implies far more than just taking to the squares. It implies total sabotage of the state.
As I suggested earlier, you can burn down military recruitment offices. These are poorly protected targets containing a mass of paper personal files of conscripts. Their destruction will seriously hinder mobilization. If you work as a system administrator in one government institution or another, you can delete, corrupt, or leak databases and other important information into the public domain, leaving an Anonymous team business card on the screen—let them think it was hackers. You can embezzle any state property you can get your hands on, and even if you are caught, theft carries a lighter sentence than treason to the motherland. You can make calls reporting bomb threats.
One can and should savor all stories of such sabotage and spread rumors about it to the widest possible audience. If a “vatnik” only receives information that new sanctions are being introduced from the outside, he may rally around the flag. But if he receives a constant stream of rumors that a partisan war against the regime is underway in Russia—that citizen A had their tires slashed for the letter Z, that citizen B was beaten up, that the republican administration has gathered for a secret meeting on the topic of seceding from Russia—then his morale will be undermined much more effectively.
There is no point in telling regime supporters that the war was condemned by someone like Chichvarkin. He is already a traitor; what can be expected from him. On the other hand, it is useful to tell them that people like Abramovich have condemned the war. As in, look how smart people act: they’ve fled far away themselves and are atoning for their sins before the West. And tomorrow, slightly less smart guys, who have stolen not billions, but hundreds of millions, will do the same. And the day after tomorrow, the head of a city FSB office will flee and ask for political asylum. Only the most incorrigible idiots will support the regime until the end—they are the ones who will be appointed as scapegoats. Though, an idiot might not live to see that moment because he will go to the front and be killed there.
And such defeatist talk is far more effective than various stupid rallies. Leave the rallies to the diaspora; they can do it much more safely and with much more positive media coverage. For instance, we have a rally tomorrow at 14:00 in Podgorica; if you are already in Montenegro and have Sunday off, then come. People are actively coordinating in local chats, so you’ll figure out the most convenient way to get there.
Another important direction of effort for the diaspora is helping everyone fleeing the war. This is useful first and foremost not even to the refugees, but to the volunteers themselves. Just think about the fact that the proportion of Ukrainians among Russian-speaking emigrants will grow sharply, and all these people will be damn angry. Do not give a reason to direct this anger at Russian expats. Let’s make it clear that Putinism is strictly limited to the territory where Putin’s tanks graze and is powerless to penetrate beyond its borders. And here live the “right” Russians, who saw that Putin roughly in the same place as the Russian warship.
