On June 12, the day Russia commemorates its declaration of national
sovereignty in 1990, a general opposition rally in Moscow took place in
the form of a march leaving from Kaluga Square, heading down Bolshaya
Yakimanka Street and ending at Bolotnaya Square. Nationalist activists
were in attendance.
Before the march began, Sova observers noticed about 15 people (some of them wearing Slavic Force shirts) with two banners: "Freedom for Georgy Borvikov" and "Udomlya is in trouble," referring to a town in the Tver region. Nikolai Bondarik of the Russian Party (not to be confused with the 'Russians' association) gave a presentation to those gathered who could hear him. This group left before the procession began, and one person in the group was arrested for lighting a flare.
The following nationalist organizations attended the march: RONA (the Russian Joint National Alliance), with the banner reading "no retreat - the fight goes on," with about 15 people; the 'referendum initiative group' For Responsible Power (formerly Army of the Peoples' Will) with about 10 people; and the NDP (National Democratic Party) with about 50 people. NDP activists carried a banner reading "Russians against dictatorship." NDP leader Konstantin Krylov and 'Russians' association leader Aleksandr Belov joined the march. Some people were seen carrying the imperial tricolor.
At the exit from Bolotnaya, about 15 people stood holding up imperial flags and raising money for "political prisoners," handing out calendars featuring the symbols of the Association of White Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War along with leaflets about joining the 'Russians' association.
Additionally, in the south-east Moscow district of Lublino, another nationalist march 'For Legitimate Authority and Genuine Sovereignty' was held on on Pererva Street. The event, organized by Andrei Savelyev's Great Russia Party, was attended by (according to various estimates) between 100 and 300 people. Participants in the Lublino march lined up in columns, shouted nationalist slogans and marched to a drumbeat. As was expected, the most numerous faction in attendance was Great Russia, whose male and female activists wore black clothing decorated with Third Reich symbols and marched under the imperial tricolor. The procession's leaders periodically stopped to restore order.
Next were members of the Will party and some other organizations.
Participants carried banners reading "Down with criminal power," "The country is crashing into collapse - your fate is in your hands" (which rhymes in Russian), "Kosovo and Metohija are Serbia - Rus and Serbia are united," along with others previously seen at the Oktyabrskaya Metro stop, reading "Freedom for Georgy Borvikov," and well as "Udomlya is in trouble." Another read "National Socialism - to each his own."
The demonstration lasted for about an hour and was accompanied by police, who demanded that Cossacks in attendance hand over their whips and Black Hundreds leaflets. No one was detained at the event.
Before the march began, Sova observers noticed about 15 people (some of them wearing Slavic Force shirts) with two banners: "Freedom for Georgy Borvikov" and "Udomlya is in trouble," referring to a town in the Tver region. Nikolai Bondarik of the Russian Party (not to be confused with the 'Russians' association) gave a presentation to those gathered who could hear him. This group left before the procession began, and one person in the group was arrested for lighting a flare.
The following nationalist organizations attended the march: RONA (the Russian Joint National Alliance), with the banner reading "no retreat - the fight goes on," with about 15 people; the 'referendum initiative group' For Responsible Power (formerly Army of the Peoples' Will) with about 10 people; and the NDP (National Democratic Party) with about 50 people. NDP activists carried a banner reading "Russians against dictatorship." NDP leader Konstantin Krylov and 'Russians' association leader Aleksandr Belov joined the march. Some people were seen carrying the imperial tricolor.
At the exit from Bolotnaya, about 15 people stood holding up imperial flags and raising money for "political prisoners," handing out calendars featuring the symbols of the Association of White Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War along with leaflets about joining the 'Russians' association.
Additionally, in the south-east Moscow district of Lublino, another nationalist march 'For Legitimate Authority and Genuine Sovereignty' was held on on Pererva Street. The event, organized by Andrei Savelyev's Great Russia Party, was attended by (according to various estimates) between 100 and 300 people. Participants in the Lublino march lined up in columns, shouted nationalist slogans and marched to a drumbeat. As was expected, the most numerous faction in attendance was Great Russia, whose male and female activists wore black clothing decorated with Third Reich symbols and marched under the imperial tricolor. The procession's leaders periodically stopped to restore order.
Next were members of the Will party and some other organizations.
Participants carried banners reading "Down with criminal power," "The country is crashing into collapse - your fate is in your hands" (which rhymes in Russian), "Kosovo and Metohija are Serbia - Rus and Serbia are united," along with others previously seen at the Oktyabrskaya Metro stop, reading "Freedom for Georgy Borvikov," and well as "Udomlya is in trouble." Another read "National Socialism - to each his own."
The demonstration lasted for about an hour and was accompanied by police, who demanded that Cossacks in attendance hand over their whips and Black Hundreds leaflets. No one was detained at the event.
