Many thank's for peeking again and have a nice Weekend!!! Russians protest against Putin's compulsion for war! Putin is calling up reservists en masse for his war. The horror is great - many are trying to hide or flee abroad. Can the mood against the Kremlin leader change? Moscow - Hundreds of troops from Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's security apparatus are beating down the biggest anti-war protests in Russia for months in many cities. More than 1000 people are still in custody after spontaneous street actions against the partial mobilisation ordered by Putin. Nonetheless, the country's authorities are pushing hard to enforce the decree to now call up at least 300,000 reservists for the war in Ukraine. Putin wants to solve personnel problems there this way. For the first time, however, Putin's war of aggression against the neighbouring country, which has been going on for seven months, now also includes Russians and their families who are involuntarily drawn into the bloodshed. Until now, Putin relied on volunteers. Now the war, which will continue to be officially called only "special military operation", is omnipresent. Red slip leads to war. Many people received the red notice asking them to report to the military district command already on Wednesday, shortly after Putin's mobilisation, announced on television, hit the country like a shock wave. The president stressed that a front line of 1000 kilometres along the occupied territories had to be secured. In his view, it is a fight for Russia's survival. The country is threatened by the West, by the USA and Nato, the 69-year-old claimed. The war has been far away for many Russians until now. Now the country's citizens are to be forced to take up arms to solve alleged personnel problems in the army. It is true that many people in Russia have so far been rather indifferent to the war and have given Putin their backing. But the mood could now change. Surveys never showed a great willingness among citizens to go into battle against Ukrainian brothers and sisters themselves. That is also why many Russians rushed to the airports to fly to Armenia and Turkey, for example. Thousands made it. But the flights are booked up for days, other destinations further away are hardly affordable. A flight to Tashkent (Uzbekistan), for example, cost 3000 euros on Thursday evening. At the borders to Finland, where visas are required, and to the South Caucasus Republic of Georgia, queues stretched for kilometres. Panic spreads. Already after Putin's invasion of Ukraine began in February, many Russians had sought refuge and exile abroad. But now many are talking about panic. In Moscow, a 41-year-old man on the street says he has no combat experience or real military training. But he is a lieutenant in the reserves. Because he is registered in another Russian time zone of the giant empire, the draft notice would have to be handed to him there at his place of residence against signature. The registration address is far away. "There's no way I'm going to fight in this senseless war of Putin's, I'd rather go to prison," says the engineer. He is afraid that if he tries to leave the country he will be detained and sent directly to Ukraine: "Hiding is a way out. But the insecurity is the worst thing, you hardly dare go out on the street," he says, also with a view to the protests in Moscow the night before. Hundreds of arrests were made in the Russian capital alone on Wednesday, when protests were violently put down. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was legal that those arrested there were also handed the draft notice directly. The discussion about what is legal and what is not now fills entire internet portals. Many are looking for ways to circumvent the draft. Lawyers give a lot of advice. But the bottom line is that in an authoritarian state with arbitrary justice, there is no legal certainty. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)