Description
Mass demonstrations after Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, which had attracted an unprecedented number of women, subsided in March 2022 due to severe state repercussions. Anti-war resistance across Russia, however, continues to take place but has moved from the level of organised groups to the individual level and has adapted its forms and locations. This paper explores women’s everyday anti-war resistance in Russia and illuminates their motivation and forms of resistance, with particular attention to embodied experience as a motivating factor in their protest. Based on the analysis of publicly available reports of women’s protests in both Russian and international newspaper, this article deepens and nuances our understanding of the creative ways in which Russia’s women are resisting the authoritarian regime and complements research on more organised women’s protest groups like the Feminist Anti-War Resistance or ‘The Way Home’ initiative by mothers and wives of Russian soldiers.
