Miniature Resistance: Russia's Anti-War Figurines
A miniaturized anti-war movement in Russia is gathering momentum on social media.
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This photo, of a plum-sized Plasticine protester in front of the Kremlin, was posted to an Instagram account called malenkiy_piket (small protest) on April 2, 2022.
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An anti-war figurine outside St. Petersburg’s Finland Railway Station
The tiny protest Instagram account was launched three weeks after the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
The tiny protest Instagram account was launched three weeks after the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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Anti-war figurines in St. Petersburg
The page called for Russians who opposed the war to “make a little man with a poster from any material” and then “attach the figure anywhere."
The page called for Russians who opposed the war to “make a little man with a poster from any material” and then “attach the figure anywhere."
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The owner of the Instagram account recently fled Russia and now lives in France. He told RFE/RL that he started the miniature protest movement because “I couldn’t do nothing.”
