In the capital, the Day of Defenders of the Fatherland is celebrated by participating in anti -government rallies

Thousands of people on Wednesday went to rallies dedicated to the Day of Defenders of the Fatherland. On the central streets of the city, rallies and processions take place, the laying of wreaths and flowers took place to the grave of an unknown soldier near the Kremlin wall.

On the Theater Square of the capital, a rally is held in support of the Russian army and against government policy. Several thousand activists of the Communist Party, the National Bolshevik Party, the Union of Officers, and representatives of the Vanguard of Red Youth are involved in the rally.

"The army was devoted today. Today, every citizen understands that he was puffed out. Today is the most crucial time. While we are strong, no one will touch us, and when a nuclear tooth is pulled out, they will be scorched like a dead lion," said the leader of the Communist Party of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov. At the same time, he added that "we will defeat if we create unified folk protection committees if we hold a referendum."

In turn, the head of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party, Vladimir Ulas, said: "Today I congratulate you on the day of the defender of the Fatherland, but we celebrate this holiday with tears in our eyes. We will do everything so that Russia gets up from the knees. This path is thorny and bumpy."

In total, according to representatives of the Communist Party, more than 25 thousand people take part in the rally. Meanwhile, the Department of Information and Public Relations of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital told Interfax that more than 8 thousand people participate in the rally.

No more than 200 people gathered on Wednesday in the center of Moscow on the Square of the Tver outpost. The action was organized by "Labor Russia", the All -Russian Communist Party of the Future and the Union of Officers.

Rallies are undergoing anti -government slogans. The gathered hold Soviet flags and posters with anti -government slogans. The main requirements that are expressed during the rally is the abolition of the law on preferential payments.

A group of protesters also holds in their hands a wooden gallows with a poster, which says: "Viselitsa for Zurabov."

Rallies are protected by reinforced police outfits, military personnel of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as OMON employees. All participants pass through the frame of metal detectors, and are also inspected by dog ​​lines with dogs. In general, rallies take place calmly, without incidents, Interfax reports.

Representatives of the left -wing parties held a rally on Lubyanka

Representatives of the left -wing parties held a rally on Lubyanskaya Square in Moscow. As RIA Novosti reports, instead of the eight of the organizers, no more than one and a half thousand people gathered in the square.

The rally participants - representatives of the All -Russian Communist Party of the Future, "Labor Russia", Russian national unity and the "Union of Officers" - held red flags and posters with anti -government slogans in their hands, most of which concerned the law on preferential payments.

Another group of protesters held the poster "Down with the bourgeois counter." The rally was generally calm and ended without incidents. Public order on the square was provided by several dozen police officers.

The mass events held in the center of Moscow on the day of the defender of the Fatherland ended without incident. This was announced on Wednesday "Interfax" by the representative of the Department of Information and Public Relations of the capital's Central Internal Affairs Directorate Pavel Klimovsky.

According to the interlocutor of the agency, in total, according to the operational headquarters, more than 10 thousand people took part in rallies and processions. There were no serious offenses and facts of violation of public order during the events.

Klimovsky noted that at present, most of the rallies and processions diverged home. The movement of vehicles in the city center will be completely restored in the near future.

Zhirinovsky fed demonstrators buckwheat porridge

Supporters of the LDPR held a rally in Moscow on Pushkinskaya Square, dedicated to the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland. The rally preceded the festive procession from the Triumphal Square on Tverskaya Street, which was accompanied by a military orchestra performing a patriotic march.

The chief of staff of the OMON GUVD Moscow Alexander Kopin noted that 3 thousand people were submitted to participate in the action, but about 4 thousand people gathered in the square.

Meanwhile, according to the organizers, more than 5 thousand people take part in the action. According to the correspondent of Interfax, many participants in the rally arrived by buses.

At the rally, a free distribution of buckwheat porridge and tea was organized, and Zhirinovsky made a distribution of bills with a dignity of 500 rubles.

During the celebration of the defender of the Fatherland Day, traffic in the center of Moscow was blocked

In connection with the implementation of processions and rallies devoted to the celebration of the Defender of the Fatherland Day, the capital has amended the work of some routes of city public transport.

“In connection with this, from 8:00 until the end of the events, the movement of vehicles will be limited, including public, along the streets of the 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya, Tverskaya, Mokhovaya, Okhotny series and Petrovka, the Squares of the Tver Zastava, theatrical, Lubyanskaya, Slavic and Pushkin, passionate and Tver boulevards, as well as theatrical passage,” the police department noted.

According to Mosgortrans, from 06:30 to the end of the events, the routes of trolleybuses N 1, 12 and 18 will follow, respectively, from the Nagatinskaya metro station to the Drumber cinema, from the MPS hospital to the 2nd Clock Plant stop and from the Riga station to the Belarusian station.

In addition, changes are made in the movement of buses. So, NN 12 and 12K buses will follow from the Timiryazevskaya metro station to the Belorussky station, RIA Novosti reports.

From 09:00 until the end of the events, the N2 route trolleybuses will run from the end station "Fili" to the Metro Aleksandrovsky Garden, the N33 route - from Kravchenko Street to the Shkanik cinema, and N48 from the Tourist Hotel to Banny Lane.

From 11:30 to the end of the events, the trolleybuses of route N 15 proceed from the Luzhniki stop (Sev) to Nikitsky Boulevard, N31 - from the Luzhniki stop (South) along the Tollaibus N79 highway to the new Arbat, N 63 - from the 138th quarter of the Yauzsky Gate, NN25 and 45 from Budynaya Prospekt to Budynaya Prospekt Komsomolskaya Square.

The representative of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate of Moscow recalled that the State Security Inspectorate of the Road of Moscow appeals to all drivers with a convincing request to be extremely careful, to choose in advance routes of detour, strictly comply with traffic signs, requirements and instructions of the roadblock-patrol service.

Safety on the streets of the city on the day of the defender of the Fatherland will be ensured by more than 4.5 thousand police officers and military personnel of the internal troops, the representative of the information and public relations of the capital's Central Internal Affairs Directorate Pavel Klimovsky told Interfax.

According to the representative of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, among the employees involved in the law enforcement measures, about 1,200 internal troops, 160 traffic police inspectors, 2 thousand people's warriors.

For the period of mass events in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, a special operational headquarters is operating, headed by Major General Valery Karnaukhov, Deputy Head of the Moscow Police.