National Unity Day

Nationalists fail to frustrate pro-Russian demonstration in Ukraine

07:53 06/11/2011 SEVASTOPOL, November 6 (RIA Novosti)

Ukrainian nationalists in the city of Sevastopol in Ukraine’s Crimea tried on Saturday to frustrate a demonstration of pro-Russian activists, dedicated to Russia’s National Unity Day, but failed, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.

Chaos and Contradiction in the Russian March
21:21 04/11/2011
The scene on Friday afternoon in the working-class neighborhood of Liublino was troubling: thousands of masked, ultranationalist youth, shouting obscene and anti-immigrant slogans, stormed through the area under the haze of smoke bombs, flares and blasting music, while a police helicopter hovered above to keep a watchful eye on events that could have very quickly turned violent.1
Thousands take part in Moscow celebrations of National Unity Day
17:29 04/11/2011
More than 32,000 people took part in Moscow’s public celebrations of National Unity Day, which included events ranging from neo-Nazi marches to antifascist rallies in different parts of the city.
Moscow police on alert as Russia marks National Unity Day
02:27 04/11/2011
More than 5,000 policemen will ensure public order and security in the Russian capital on Friday during the celebration of the National Unity Day

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