In the May Day procession of trade unions on Red Square in Moscow, a group of oppositionists was able to take part. This was reported by the correspondent of "faces".
Five activists with stretching "Russia is Europe!" joined the general procession. In their hands were EU flags and Russian with European stars.
Video Alexandra Ageeva:
"On the eve of Europe, we offer to go to Red Square with us and go through the Human Freedom and Human Rights" This is Europe! "On the Krasnoy Pervomae at the Kremlin tomorrow at 10:00. We want to declare that this is Europe, not the Moscow Horde! It will be loud - it depends on you," said Irina Kalmykova and Alexei. Domnikova in the community "Unity of Equal".
According to the correspondent of "faces", the police did not interfere with opposition activists.
Participants in the procession of trade unions went from Vasilievsky descent to the historical museum. According to the organizers, about 140 thousand people took part in the action. The passage of the column along Red Square took about 40 minutes. The Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin took part in the procession. It was wearing flowers of St. George’s tape. The communists went through the procession from Kaluga Square in Bolshaya Yakimanka and Mokhova to the Okhotny row. Several thousand people took part in it. At the monument to Karl Marx, speakers and singers performed. The LDPR held a three thousandth rally on Pushkinskaya Square.
Video Yuri Timofeeva:
Later, a rally of left -wing forces took place on the triumphal square, according to the former swamp prisoner Nikolai Caucasian. It was attended by representatives of the Russian socialist movement, the left socialist movement, as well as LGBT activists. The speeches sounded the requirements of the liberation of political prisoners and the termination of the war in Ukraine. About 250 people took part in the action.