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[quote]Anarchiss organized their bloc at today's anti-war rally in Berlin

Statement of the initiative group that organized an anarchist bloc at the action announced by the liberal opposition:

“Today, November 17, Russian anarchists_ organized a block at the Anti-War March announced by the liberal opposition. We used this occasion to:
▪️ demonstrate that the Putin regime is opposed not only by liberal forces, but also by anarchists_,
▪️ to introduce our agenda and demonstrate an alternative to the liberal opposition,
▪️ to show solidarity with our comrades fighting and dying at the front,
▪️ to show solidarity with our comrades in Russian prisons.

Among the slogans on our banners were “Death to the Empire”, “No peace under Russian occupation”, “Support resistance against Kremlin”, “Weapon for Ukrainians”.

We consider the liberals' myth of a “beautiful Russia of the future” to be untenable. The experience of Perestroika has shown that a change of scenery does not bring fundamental changes in the relationship between the authorities and the people. The empire must be razed to the ground, and only then will another world be possible in the former Russian territories.

We consider it unacceptable to make concessions to the Russian fascist regime. It is necessary to support the Ukrainian resistance until the Russian army is completely ousted from the territory of Ukraine. Leaving the territories under Russian occupation means accepting the murder, torture, rape and pillage of the indigenous population by the Russian occupiers.

We consider it legitimate to support both military and guerrilla resistance to the Kremlin. Right now, Russian expansion is the greatest of evils in the region. And Russia's military defeat gives real chances for the development of social revolutions in Russia and Belarus.

Our comrades and comrades-in-arms are dying at the front, sitting in Russian prisons. They have made a tangible contribution to the struggle against Russian imperialism, and we must be reminded of this again and again.

We cannot name all those who died in the struggle against Russian imperialism, but here are the names of some of them: Maxim Naumenko, Olga Volkova, Igor Volokhov, Yuri Samoilenko, Dmitry Petrov, Ruslan Tereshchenko, Marcy, Sergey Ilchenko, Sergey Petrovichev, Roman Legar, Vladislav Yurchenko, Sergey Kemsky.

Our comrades and comrades-in-arms are in Russian prisons: Viktor Filinkov, Ilya Shakursky, Andrey Chernov, Vasily Kuksov, Alexander Snezhkov, Lyubov Lizunova, Nikita Oleinik, Danil Chertykov, Deniz Aidyn, Yuri Neznamov, Roman Paklin, Nikita Uvarov, Azat Miftakhov, Ruslan Ushakov, Alexei Rozhkov, Roman Shvedov, Ruslan Sidiki.

We call on European comrades to join the fight against the fascist Russian regime. And those who claim the need to fight militarism in the current conditions, we urge to pay attention to the supply of components to Russia by European companies.[/quote]

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