Protests against the Kremlin's mass mobilization of men to fight in its war in Ukraine have cropped up across Russia. But they have been most noticeable and determined in the North Caucasus region of Daghestan, where members of the Kumyk ethnic group say they are being unfairly targeted.
After Russian President Vladimir Putin officially announced the annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson to his country; Kyiv accelerated its bid to join NATO, while Russia was forced to raise its veto in the Security Council.