Balitsky: people who did not support the special operation were expelled to Ukraine. These were people who could not be convinced and who could be in danger from their neighbors.
On February 21, the Meshchansky Court of Moscow arrested a Russian man named Martynov on charges of high treason. Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that an atmosphere of denunciation is not needed in Russia. Every citizen must respond to provocations in existing circumstances, he said.