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What do you mean "Finally"? The protests in Russia started on 24th of February 2022. Over 1000 protesters were detained just in Moscow that day alone. And the protests continued after that.
The problem is, these protests achieved nothing, they only resulted in fines (which undoubtedly went to funding the war), protesters being beaten, detained and some even got a criminal charge. So the protests died down because continuing them only fueled the regime more. Some people shifted to solitary picketing, some started doing online activism, some started sabotaging the railways and burning down enlistment centers, some left the country altogether and some, undoubtedly, just gave up.
Bullshit, protests have been anecdotal by very few individuals. Considering it's been almost 2 years now, and Putin has send hundreds of thousands Russians to war to die in a senseless war, It's crazy Russians are not at least passively resisting.
The biggest protest was 1000 protestors in a city of 12 million and country of 140 million!!
This is 10000 protestors in a city of 17000, clearly there's a difference. The Russian people are pathetic, allowing family, friends and themselves to be senselessly slaughtered.
Hmmm let me see:
No protest: I get to have some extra time with family until I get drafted and some faceless soldiers die. (Assuming I have not been consumed by propoganda) Or protest: get fined/jailed and leave my family without any support
It's easy to say that they should just protest if you ignore protestors will also have to fight a genocidal regime.