Russian May Day 2017 in the regions of the country

On May 1, 2017, in addition to Moscow, May Day marches of the ultra-right, traditionally called “Russian May Day,” took place in several cities of the country.

IN St. Petersburg ultra-right joined the citywide procession and marched in it with two separate columns. In the first were activists from the National Democratic parties, the RNF, the movements of the Russian St. Petersburg, Great Russia, etc. The participants walked with banners "Russians - work and a decent salary, not terrorist bombs and drugs”, as well as “Uncontrolled migration is a threat to the state” and “For the future of Russian children. There were about 40 people in the column. Second column called "Irreconcilable" was held under black flags with the banner "Stop feeding the parasites." There were about 25 people in it. The organizer was the movement "Slavic strength is the Northwest. The participants chanted " Let's get the Motherland!", "Glory to the Russian Nation!”, “Motherland! Nation! Socialism!”, “Higher, higher black flag, liberals - the main enemy!”, “Enough fraternal wars!” and others. In this column also passed Igor Mogilev, organizer of the Russian Marches in Volgograd.

In Kaliningrad, the organizer procession was made by the branch of the ROS and its leader Alexander Ivanov. activists gathered at the hotel "Kaliningrad" and marched through the streets of the city. About 15 people participated with the "imperial flags", the flag of the ROS, the party "Great Russia".

In Kostroma there are several activists of the Nationalist Party and supporters of the Art-preparation movement took to citywide May Day procession. No more than 10 people took part in the action. Human.

A procession took place in Pskov nationalists, organized by the Pskov Russian Veche Republic movement. The participants carried the banner "For the rights and freedoms of the Russian people" and "imperial flags." The photos from the action show only six people, led by the leader George Pavlov.

In the bottom Novgorod "Russian May Day" was not approved by the city administration, but the leader of the local branch of the NDP, Sergei Ovsyannikov called on " the most ardent supporters "to gather despite the ban. Judging by the absence reports, either very few activists responded to the call or did not respond nobody.

In Yekaterinburg "Russian May Day" it was decided not to. As one of the traditional organizers of the event, Maxim Vakhromov, stated: “ People are a little tired of this event. From Of the 8 members of the local committee, only two were inclined to hold it. The action could will take place only if I put pressure on the others with "authority", but in such a case I am not a supporter of coercion .”

Sources

• Based on right-wing websites and blogs.