Russians react with anger, demonstrations after Putin calls for recruits to fight in Ukraine

TALLINN, Estonia — Long lines of cars on roads snaking to Russia’s border crossings with Georgia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia, and similar queues at airports.

While the Kremlin had wanted to promote its orchestrated referendums in occupied parts of Ukraine as a joyful event, with those regions expected to join Russia in a move similar to the annexation of Crimea in 2014, it instead is dealing with instability and chaos at home. The lines apparently persisted Monday. The online service Yandex Maps showed a 18-kilometer traffic jam on a road in Russia’s region of North Ossetia that leads up to the border with Georgia, and the regional branch of the Federal Security Service, or FSB, deployed an armored vehicle to the crossing.

Russian media — including state-run outlets — reported Monday that border guards have started turning men away at the border, citing mobilization law. It wasn’t immediately clear how widespread the practice was. A man walked into the enlistment office in the Siberian city of Ust-Ilimsk and opened fire, shooting the military commandant at close range.

As troubling as these incidents are, it is the spread of protests to far-flung strongholds of Putin’s base of support that could be more concerning for the Kremlin, with women confronting authorities about “taking our sons.” Although the mobilization was said to total about 300,000 men, some media reports claim the authorities plan to muster more than 1 million, which Moscow denied.

Dagestan, as well as the Siberian region of Buryatia, are among several regions where there are complaints that a disproportionate number of ethnic minorities have been deployed to fight and have died in Ukraine.

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Family of five displaced by Carlsbad garage fireA fire was discovered around 1:30 a.m. Monday burning in a garage of a two-story home
Source: sdut - 🏆 5. / 95 Read more »

Five Things to Know About Rutgers As Greg Schiano And the Scarlet Knights Return to ColumbusFive things to know about Rutgers, which has had close games against questionable competition and a quandary at quarterback, but possesses the No. 9 total defense in the nation. Buckeye Homecoming so Rutgers defensive ranking… So take OSU -40, right? Give me Ohio State 77, Rutgers 7.
Source: 11W - 🏆 384. / 55 Read more »

Five Tips for Your Next Trip to ParisOur editor walks you through how to plan a food- and drink-fueled visit Step 1, download SeedOilScout
Source: Eater - 🏆 368. / 59 Read more »

Lakers preview: Five questions to consider as training camp opensWith the Lakers set to start camp Tuesday, they have to figure out what to do with Russell Westbrook and how Patrick Beverley and others will fit.
Source: latimes - 🏆 11. / 82 Read more »

Five things about covid we still don’t understand at our perilIn less than three years, researchers have published more than 200,000 studies about the coronavirus and covid-19. Still, the virus has kept many of its secrets. Here are some of the most pressing questions they are trying to answer: Any research what lab covid came from?
Source: washingtonpost - 🏆 95. / 72 Read more »

Typhoon kills five rescuers in PhilippinesFive rescuers are killed after they were dispatched to flooded community as strong typhoon Noru hits multiple regions of the Philippines
Source: trtworld - 🏆 101. / 63 Read more »