Russian march

This article describes an annual demonstration in Russia. Russischer March is also the name of a piece of music by the composer Johann Strauss Sohn, see Russian March (Strauss) .

Russian March 2008

The Russian March is an annual demonstration since 2005 by monarchists , conservative Christians , but also right-wing extremists in Russia . The marches will be held on November 4th in honor of national unity in Moscow and other cities.

Attendees

Several thousand people come to the demonstrations in Moscow alone. Participants are ultra-conservative Orthodox Christians , families with children, but also nationalists , neo-Nazis , hooligans , skinheads , neo-fascists and racists . Alexei Navalny , a leading opposition activist, warned against labeling all demonstrators as right-wing extremists who made the Hitler salute. The vast majority are made up of normal people. He has not participated since 2013.

Organizers

The organizers of the first Russian March 2005 were:

• Eurasian Youth Union , the youth organization of the International Eurasian Movement by Alexander Dugin . The chairman of the association is Valery Korovin .
• Movement Against Illegal Migration ( Alexander Below-Potkin )
• National Patriots of Russia (NPR) ( Alexei Zhivov )
• National Sovereignty Party of Russia ( Alexander Sevastyanov )
• National Patriotic Front Pamyat
• Society "Pravda" ( Valery Jakuschew )
• Russian People's Union ( Igor Artemov )
• Russian People's Movement ( Konstantin Krylow )
• Movement "Russian Order" ( Wassili Anissimow )
• Slavic Union (SS) (now banned)
• Russian imperial movement

Former Rodina MP Dimitri Rogozin has played a key role in organizing the march since 2006 .

requirements

The demonstrators are calling for Lenin to be removed from the mausoleum, wanting to leave "Russia to the Russians" and turning against guest workers from Central Asia and the Caucasus . Civil rights activists and migrant associations criticize, the demonstrations deepened ethnic tensions.

Web links

Commons : Russian March  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Russian nationalism on the rise . In: Deutschlandfunk , November 3, 2013.
2. ^ ^{A b} Neo-Nazis in Russia . In: Federal Agency for Civic Education , September 27, 2016.
3. ↑ ^{a b} families on the right demonstration. Russia's rights march through Moscow
4. ↑ Ultranationalists march through Moscow
5. ↑ Russia's neo-Nazis: Even children raise their hands in the Hitler salute . In: Spiegel Online , November 4, 2017.
6. ↑ Ultranationalists blow on Russian March . In: Welt Online , November 4, 2013.
7. ↑ Lara Schultz: "Controlled Nationalism" . In: Magazin der rechts rand , issue 173 - July / August 2018.
8. ^ Rainer Lindner: Russia's defective demography. Science and Politics Foundation, German Institute for International Politics and Security, March 2008, p. 21.
9. ↑ Надежная опора президента: Дмитрий Рогозин начал свою новую карьеру с участия в акции ультраправых (dt. Reliable support of President Dmitri Rogozin has started his new career with participation in an ultra-right action ). In: Lenta.ru , September 19, 2006.
10. ^ "Russian March" of the right-wing radicals ( Memento from November 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )