Scenes from the memorial marches for Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov
Before he was killed, Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was helping to organize Vesna (Spring) rally in Moscow. But with his death, the rally turned into a memorial march, which took place this afternoon (early morning US Central time).
According to the Gazeta.ru live-blog of the event, the Moscow march was a somber event, mostly quiet event. At some points, marchers chanted slogans like "Russia will be free!" "Fire Putin!" "Heroes don't die!" No to war!" and (briefly) "Russia without Putin!" But, of the most part, they just marched solemnly.
Some libertarians were apparently detained as they approached the march starting point because they were suspected of being Ukrainian (No, I don't get it either - the liveblog doesn't really elaborate). A Ukrainian MP who took part in the protests was reportedly detained. But other than that, there were no arrests, no disruptions. There were some "anti-Maidan" counter-protestors, they were kept behind the police lines, and some of the more boisterous ones were arrested.
Moscow police estimates that 21,000 people took part in the march. March organizers say it was 50,000. As always, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
Some photos (via Twitter user @vdergachoff)
"Propaganda Kills"
"Heroes don't die. These bullets pierce all of us."
The marchers approach the place where Nemtsov was shot. As Gazeta.ru commented, "Here's something you don't see every day) (photo via @FedIvanica)
The capiton of the two posters on the left is a play on words. "Борис" is Boris. "Борись" is a Russian word that means, roughly, "you [must] fight." The other posters say (left to right) - "Heroes don't die," "He died for Russia's future," "He fought for a free Russia," "He fought for our future."
(Photo by Ilya Pitalev/RIA "Novosti," via Gazeta.ru)
In St. Petersburg, things didn't go quite as smoothly. According to Bumaga online newspaper, one of the organizers was arrested, and local police tried to arrest four anarchists because they thought anarchists' red-and-black flags looked too much like Right Sector flags (and Right Sector is banned in Russia). The march organizers were able to defuse the situation.
According to Gazeta.ru, the city government says that 5,000 people took part in the St. Petersburg march, while the march organizers say it was 7,000-10,000.
Some photos (via Bumaga)
The sign in the front says that "Putin" stands for Propaganda, Dictatorship, Terrorism, Imperialism and Hatred
"Putin is the last refuge of scoundrels!"
"Putin is crisis and war"
Self-explanatory
"Boris Nemtsov - We won't forget! We won't forgive!"
A drone photo of the rally by Alexander Gorelik (va Bumaga)
Activists tried to organize similar marches in other cities. in Murmansk, the northernmost Russian city, the mayor simply denied permission. In Voronezh, "anti-Maidan" counter-protestors threw green dye at the marchers while police stood by and did nothing.
In Yekaterniburg, mysticowl's home city, about 600-700 people marched.
And here's an interesting detail that came out today. In its overview of how state-run TV channels responded to Nemtsov's murder (in short- solemnly and mostly respectfully), Gazeta.ru mentioned that the reporters for TV Tsentr channel got its hands on the footage from a webcam that was pointed at the site of the murder. And it turned out that a passing truck just happened to block the camera when the murder happened.
Yeah...
01.03.2015, 12:41
Завершилось шествие памяти Бориса Немцова
В Москве завершилось шествие памяти Бориса Немцова, убитого поздно вечером в пятницу. Это была одна из самых печальных и...
http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2015/03/01_a_6431161.shtml
According to the Gazeta.ru live-blog of the event, the Moscow march was a somber event, mostly quiet event. At some points, marchers chanted slogans like "Russia will be free!" "Fire Putin!" "Heroes don't die!" No to war!" and (briefly) "Russia without Putin!" But, of the most part, they just marched solemnly.
Some libertarians were apparently detained as they approached the march starting point because they were suspected of being Ukrainian (No, I don't get it either - the liveblog doesn't really elaborate). A Ukrainian MP who took part in the protests was reportedly detained. But other than that, there were no arrests, no disruptions. There were some "anti-Maidan" counter-protestors, they were kept behind the police lines, and some of the more boisterous ones were arrested.
Moscow police estimates that 21,000 people took part in the march. March organizers say it was 50,000. As always, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
Some photos (via Twitter user @vdergachoff)
"Propaganda Kills"
"Heroes don't die. These bullets pierce all of us."
The marchers approach the place where Nemtsov was shot. As Gazeta.ru commented, "Here's something you don't see every day) (photo via @FedIvanica)
The capiton of the two posters on the left is a play on words. "Борис" is Boris. "Борись" is a Russian word that means, roughly, "you [must] fight." The other posters say (left to right) - "Heroes don't die," "He died for Russia's future," "He fought for a free Russia," "He fought for our future."
(Photo by Ilya Pitalev/RIA "Novosti," via Gazeta.ru)
In St. Petersburg, things didn't go quite as smoothly. According to Bumaga online newspaper, one of the organizers was arrested, and local police tried to arrest four anarchists because they thought anarchists' red-and-black flags looked too much like Right Sector flags (and Right Sector is banned in Russia). The march organizers were able to defuse the situation.
According to Gazeta.ru, the city government says that 5,000 people took part in the St. Petersburg march, while the march organizers say it was 7,000-10,000.
Some photos (via Bumaga)
The sign in the front says that "Putin" stands for Propaganda, Dictatorship, Terrorism, Imperialism and Hatred
"Putin is the last refuge of scoundrels!"
"Putin is crisis and war"
Self-explanatory
"Boris Nemtsov - We won't forget! We won't forgive!"
A drone photo of the rally by Alexander Gorelik (va Bumaga)
Activists tried to organize similar marches in other cities. in Murmansk, the northernmost Russian city, the mayor simply denied permission. In Voronezh, "anti-Maidan" counter-protestors threw green dye at the marchers while police stood by and did nothing.
In Yekaterniburg, mysticowl's home city, about 600-700 people marched.
And here's an interesting detail that came out today. In its overview of how state-run TV channels responded to Nemtsov's murder (in short- solemnly and mostly respectfully), Gazeta.ru mentioned that the reporters for TV Tsentr channel got its hands on the footage from a webcam that was pointed at the site of the murder. And it turned out that a passing truck just happened to block the camera when the murder happened.
Yeah...
01.03.2015, 12:41
Завершилось шествие памяти Бориса Немцова
В Москве завершилось шествие памяти Бориса Немцова, убитого поздно вечером в пятницу. Это была одна из самых печальных и...
http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2015/03/01_a_6431161.shtml