More than 1,000 young left-wing protesters braved Saturday’s downpour to march amid a heavy police presence in the demonstration Anti-Capitalism 2005. While the young activists called it proof of the depth of their convictions, numerous onlookers said it was proof their loyalties had been bought and paid for.
A light drizzle started at noon as young people from Red Youth Vanguard, Eduard Limonov’s National Bolshevik Party, and the youth wings of the Rodina and Communist parties formed a column in the park on Chistoprudny Bulvar, chanting slogans such as “Socialism or death!” and “Capitalism is crap!” (more…)