Russia Blog reports [1] on the May Day demonstrations in Moscow: “Zyuganov and police officials were asking the three thousand-strong crowd to refrain from carrying fascist flags, but the Russian skinheads claimed free speech and proceeded with to wave their banners and posters anyway. The crowd screamed in ecstasy ‘Christ has risen!’, ‘Risen Indeed!’, ‘Moscow, May, Gaustarbeiters – Get Out!’, ‘Russia for Russians, Moscow for Muscovites, Others – Leave Now!’, ‘Beat the Jews and the Blacks!’, ‘Death to Queers!’.
Russia: May Day in Moscow
· Written by Veronica Khokhlova
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