“The Council of Mothers and Wives is in Moscow for the third day. We are trying in every way to get the authorities to dialogue,” said Olga Cukanovová, leader of the association, in a video statement on social networks. She explained that her organization was reacting to Putin’s scheduled meeting with the soldiers’ mothers on November 27.
Disgruntled women claim that the meeting will be arranged in advance. The server informed him Ukrainian justice.
“From experience I can say for sure what kind of meeting it will be. The mothers will ask the right questions, which will be approved and verified in advance,” she said. “No person will arrive at the event whose attendance is not confirmed in advance,” she added.
“Vladimir Vladimirovich, are you a man or not? Do you have enough courage to meet face-to-face and publicly with women whose participation will not be approved?” Cukanova also appeals in her statement.
Putin’s announcement of partial mobilization on 21 September sparked a wave of protests across Russia. Although the large-scale demonstrations have since gradually subsided, minor protests by women have occasionally taken place.
The Council of Mothers and Wives demands, among other things, that there be no irregularities in the mobilization, a ban on the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine and peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, Vremya Tsukanova said at Nastoyascheye station. The leader of the association says that her son, who is a soldier in basic service, was forced to sign a contract in order to be sent to fight in Ukraine.
