Right-footed march

On November 4, 2005, a march of right-wing radical organizations was held in Moscow, authorized by the Moscow government at the request of the Eurasian Youth Union (ECM) and a "group of private individuals."

The procession was attended by two to three thousand people - mostly skinheads. The participants carried the symbols of the ESM, DPNI, RONS, LDPR, ROD, NDPR, NNP, National Patriots of Russia (but there were no symbols of the RNE or the originally announced "Memory", although there were activists of "Memory" after all).

Yegor Kholmogorov walked ahead of the column with a small icon, explaining to journalists that "the holiday is actually the Mother of God of Kazan . " Seeing an old woman in the crowd with another icon, she was also placed at the head of the column.

Before the start of the march, there was almost a conflict between its participants, since the NDPR called for marching under their own flags, while the DPNI and the Eurasians were offended and tried to prove that since they were the organizers, it was necessary to march under their symbols. As a result, Alexander Sevastyanov (NDPR) was not allowed to the podium at the end of the procession.

Some of the skinheads gathered in separate groups, but their militiamen organized them from Chistoprudny Boulevard to the monument to Griboedov, where metal detectors were stationed, and escorted them to the tail of the general column. Some of them covered their faces with bandanas, scarves and medical bandages, some threatened journalists who tried to photograph them.

The column was accompanied by hired female drummers in uniform, who led the "party" columns and differed from each other only in armbands. of who they would have to accompany The girls themselves were not aware . During the procession, the chants and slogans shouted out by the protesters (from "Glory to Russia" to "Sieg Heil!") were usually drowned out by the sounds of drums.

It should be noted that there were practically no "outsiders" at the procession - passers-by who wished to join the event, and "ordinary citizens".

At about 11:30 a.m., the convoy moved along the planned route - from the Chistye Prudy metro station along the boulevards and Solyanka to Slavyanskaya Square. Anti-fascists tried to disrupt the procession three times. At the exit from Chistoprudny Boulevard, a small group of young people, shouting "Shame on the Nazis!" , showered the marchers with sticks and condoms with water, but was quickly driven back by the police (one person from the youth Union of Right Forces was detained). Then, on Yauzsky Boulevard, where all the billboards were painted with the slogans "Fascism is shit", "Shame on the Nazis", etc., there were two loud pops, and a flare fell near the houses (the police rushed to catch up with the anti-fascists, but was there anyone arrested, unknown). After that, the drummer girls stopped drumming and quickly began to break away from the column. The organizers had to run to catch up with them and stop them, which was not possible immediately, but only at the very Yauza gates.

Already at the turn from Solyanka to Slavyanskaya Square, a small group of young people (about ten people) reappeared, chanting "Fascism will not pass!" , but was also pushed back by the police to B. Spasoglinishevsky Lane (8 people were detained).

A rally was held on Slavyanskaya Square, at which Pavel Zarifullin (ECM), Yegor Kholmogorov, who almost fell into falsetto when shouting "Glory to Russia", Konstantin Krylov, Viktor Yakushev, a veteran of "Memory", a well-known neo-Nazi in the early 90s (now speaking on behalf of the Pravda movement), and others. They called for the reconquest of the lost territories of the USSR, the expulsion of certain "occupiers", freeing ourselves from the "external and internal yoke", etc.

Separately, we note two more performances. Deputy of the State Duma N. Kuryanovich greeted the audience not on his own behalf, but on behalf of the party and the LDPR faction . DPNI leader A. Belov (Potkin) was the only speaker who really managed to "ignite" the crowd. Especially when, in agreement with his speech (mostly anti-Tajik), he called on those present to "raise their right hand" and the vast majority of the marchers threw up their hands in a Nazi salute, chanting "Glory to Russia!"

Literally a few minutes later, the rally ended and, after the participants of the procession rolled up their symbols, the flag of the "Slavic Union" of Dmitry Demushkin was raised over the crowd - a stylized Nazi swastika on a red flag (the organizers had not given permission to the SS to officially participate in the march).

It should be noted that in the evening news releases neither RTR, nor Channel One, nor NTV even mentioned the march, which became the largest organized action of Moscow right-wing radicals (there was a story about the march in the midday NTV issue).

Shortly after the end of the rally , its organizers were detained .

The first part of our photo essay is posted here.

Galina Kozhevnikova, SOVA Center.

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