Philip Kireev: "Anti-Maidan" against Navalny"

“There were very few Navalny supporters at Manezhka, a few, maybe dozens of people, but the square was almost completely packed. Mostly it was their opponents - people with St. George’s ribbons.

Just a few hours before the action, news came out in the media under the headline “Patriotic organizations and politicians are creating the Anti-Maidan movement in Russia.” “We will gather wherever the opposition gathers,” said one of its organizers, Senator Dmitry Sablin.

So they gathered. Cossacks, Afghans, some young guys, apparently from some pro-Kremlin/patriotic youth organizations, someone else. In general, in my opinion, we officially have titushki."