Russia stages first Red Square May Day parade since Soviet days

Reuters ^ | 5/1/2014 | Nigel Stephenson

[MinorityRepublican]

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia staged a huge May Day parade on Moscow's Red Square for the first time since the Soviet era on Thursday, with workers holding banners proclaiming support for President Vladimir Putin after the seizure of territory from neighboring Ukraine.

Thousands of trade unionists marched with Russian flags and flags of Putin's ruling United Russia party onto the giant square beneath the Kremlin walls, past the red granite mausoleum of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin.

Many banners displayed traditional slogans for the annual workers' holiday, like: "Peace, Labour, May". But others were more directly political, alluding to the crisis in neighboring former Soviet republic Ukraine, where Russian troops seized and annexed the Crimea peninsula in March, precipitating the biggest confrontation with the West since the Cold War.

"I am proud of my country," read one. "Putin is right," said another.

[cloudmountain]

I've been saying this for months: Putin wants to be CZAR/TSAR and wear a crown!!!

The KGB who would be KING!

[dr_lew]

When I was a kid in elementary school, we used to have a May Day celebration, with May Poles, even. Today it was cold and rainy.

[MUDDOG]

The sanctions, while not hitting Russia's industry directly, have hurt the economy by scaring investors into pulling out capital. The International Monetary Fund cut its outlook for Russian 2014 economic growth to just 0.2 percent

Compared to US 0.1 percent economic growth.

We have something worse than sanctions. Barry and Harry.

[yldstrk]

wtf

[VeniVidiVici]

LOL! Go figure!

[sheik yerbouty]

And here we have an Ayatollah..

[from occupied ga]

Russia staged a huge May Day parade on Moscow's Red Square for the first time since the Soviet era on Thursday

WRONG. They did one last year too.

[elcid1970]

Complete with tanks & missile launchers? May Day isn’t the same without the hardware.

[cloudmountain]

And here we have an Ayatollah..
of Rock N' Rollyah.

[sheik yerbouty]

No, The Ayatollah of All Crapola!

[cloudmountain]

And here we have an Ayatollah.. of Rock N' Rollyah.

My comment was a repetition of an old line from a D.J. back then. It was common knowledge for us oldsters. It was his attempt at humor.

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No, The Ayatollah of All Crapola!

I like your though too.

[sheik yerbouty]

Actually the lime you used was from Mad Max?

[sheik yerbouty]

“Line”