On May 1, 2011, two marches of Russian nationalists took place in Moscow.
The main one was agreed upon at the request of the activists of the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI) and the Slavic Force (SS). They, starting at 13.00, marched from the Oktyabrskoye Pole metro station to the Schukinskaya metro station. The march involved, according to the estimates of the staff of the SOVA Center, no more than 600 people, just like a year ago.
DPNI (headed by Alexander Belov and Vladimir Ermolaev, Alla Gorbunova and Alexander Sevastyanov, ex-leader of the NDPR) and the SS, and with them the Russian Liberation Front "Memory" of Georgy Borovikov, did not carry their symbols, as expected , but performed simply under the imperial banners.
But supporters of Colonel Kvachkov (including the Syktyvkar activist Yuri Ekishev), the Russian Obraz (of the leaders, at least Evgeny Valyaev was present), the Volya party of Svetlana Peunova and the Union of Orthodox Banner Bearers (only a few people, the leader of the SPH Leonid Simonovich was not there). Adherents of the Nazi-Straight Age were a separate group. SS leader Dmitry Demushkin tried to expel RO from the column, but did not succeed.
The SPH traditionally led the column. Behind him was a car with sound amplifying equipment, broadcasting patriotic songs, in particular, that America should be destroyed, as Carthage once was. In addition to the traditional slogans such as "Peace-Labor-May, guest worker, leave!", "Garbage is the shame of Russia" and "Glory to the ancestors, glory to the family, glory to the Russian people!", The column chanted "Russian - Russian Moscow, cancel 282", " Down with the Caucasus!", "Down with the Jewish yoke!" and "Beat the Jews!". Separate cries of "E..t khachey" and "E..t Kavkaz" were also heard. They also tried to chant more complex chants: "Prisoners of conscience, you are not forgotten, a white conscience is stronger than chains." The Nazi Straight Agers added a paraphrase of the well-known "chants" - "Come on, come on, go to the tournament!", and RO chanted "Glory to Russian labor, antifa, burn in hell." The demonstrators carried banners "Moscow is a Russian city", "Glory to the Russian people", a banner with 14 words by David Lane in Russian and English, etc.
The rally to the applicants was not approved and was not held. At the end of the march, A. Belov, D. Demushkin and G. Borovikov sang "Katyusha" into a megaphone, and then, together with the crowd, proclaimed "Christ is Risen!"
The second march (called by the organizers "Russian May Day. Tushinsky March") began at 15.30. There were only about 60 participants. They walked from the Skhodnenskaya metro station to the place of the rally in front of the building of the government of the North-Western District under the flags of the "Right League", the "Cathedral of the Russian People" and the "National Union". A small group called the Nation of Labor was also represented.
The participants of the march chanted "Glory to Russia!", "Rus-Labor-May, guest worker, leave!" earth!"
At the rally, speakers did not introduce themselves and avoided radical rhetoric. The theme of the "fraternal Serbian people" was especially highlighted, it was even said that it was better to invite Serbs as labor migrants.
See the photo report of the SOVA center from the first march here .
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