[grishka]

No, there really isn't any means right now. Even peacefully protesting gets one arrested in minutes. It's not probably risky, it's risky with absolute certainty.

I did participate in opposition activities that were 100% safe. I signed for Nadezhdin and voted for Davankov for example.

[brokenmachine]

What you're saying is there's no 100% safe way, not that there is no way.

Apparently desperately wanting change in Russia means desperately wanting someone else to change it for you, which perfectly aligns with the apathy the Russian population is infamous for.

If Putin somehow became unable to provide the population with food for three days, or pay his security team, you'd all quickly discover what desperately means, and I'm confident the problem would resolve itself quickly.

Your population's apathy has become the whole world's problem. pls fix.

[grishka]

So what, exactly, is your suggestion? "Do something"?

[brokenmachine]

Yes, precisely that.

[grishka]

And nothing more concrete?

[brokenmachine]

Not sure what concrete advice you expect me to write here in a public comment. I'm not in Russia, only started learning about Russia 3 years ago, and know nothing about you.

I presume you're good with computers so have the ability to access (and distribute) information that others may not. There's historical precedent, research how people have fought oppression in the past. Many books and manuals have been written about how this is done.

You may be able to access forums where like minded people can discuss and possibly work together. Obviously stay as safe as you can.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history."

You're the best one to know what you can achieve - but I can tell you this, it's not nothing.

Anything that makes the mechanisms of oppression less efficient is a step in the right direction.

Every mechanism has weak points, leaky abstractions and incomplete assumptions. Find them.

[grishka]

There is no problem with access to information. Everyone who wants to access government-blocked resources knows how to do so.

The problem is that political change can't happen on the internet. And as soon as anyone tries to do something — anything — to that end in the real world, they face very real and fierce repression.

The consensus among most of the opposition-minded people at this point it that it's just better to wait it out because there's currently no opportunity for change.