Russian anti-war movement
Stop the Wagons (Russian : Останови вагоны , romanized : Ostanovi vagony ) is a Russian anti-war movement that engaged in sabotaging Russian railways in various ways to prevent the transport of equipment, fuel, ammunition and other supplies to the war in Ukraine .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
History
The movement's website contains detailed instructions on sabotaging Russian supply lines and railways.[ 4] [ 5] On 8 May 2022, the Telegram channel of the movement was blocked. According to their own statements, they were blocked "after the publication of a map of railway resistance, which covered over 30% of the territory of Russia."[ 6] [ 7]
The movement claimed responsibility for an incident in the Amur Oblast on the Trans-Siberian Railway on 29 June 2022,[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] for wagon derailment in Tver on 5 July,[ 11] for derailing several wagons in Krasnoyarsk on 13 July,[ 12] for freight trains in station Lesosibirsk from Krasnoyarsk Krai ,[ 13] in Makhachkala during the night of 23–24 July[ 14] (local authorities, as main version, also consider sabotage [ 15] ), and on October Railway 's Babaevo station on 12 August.[ 16]
On 19 July 2022, the website of the movement was blocked by Roskomnadzor in Russia at the request of the Prosecutor General 's Office.[ 17] [ 18]
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