Ukopick

At SS march has not been without curiosities

This morning, about 400 elderly people took part in a prayer in memory of the Latvian SS legionaries at the Riga Dom Cathedral and laid flowers at the foot of the Monument of Liberty. “All party members – Latvia! “Formed some sort of monument corridor, holding hands in national flags.

When legionaries began to place flowers at the foot of the monument, representatives of the Latvian anti-fascist organizations put next to the wreath with flowers legionnaire attached to the tape that says to the Russian and Latvian languages “In memory of thousands of Latvians, brutally tortured Waffen SS executioners.”

This wreath nearly plunged brawl: legionnaire’s supporters pushed him from the monument, but returned Antifascists wreath at the site. After all, with a wreath was foiled tape, and left him alone. Over time, in order assigning colors seen at least 100 police officers in flak jackets and helmets, they quietly watched. According to the Regnum, has not removed the wreath around, but turned his tape so that the inscription did not prochityvalas. The result came out that the former legionaries flowers pinned to the front of Antifascists.

now calm in the city, but the main events scheduled for the evening, “noted . Immediately natsional-radikalnyh several organizations intend to hold the event. One of them, “Gromov cross-intends to hold a meeting. These are the people who first of 1990 tried to blow up a monument to Soviet soldiers in Riga.

then hold its march natsional-radikalnaya organization “All – Latvia! , Also are preparing their protest and Antifascists.

Police works in the strengthened mode. Police promise to use some funds to disperse the crowd if they clash.

Since 1994, in Latvia on 16 March are regularly held marches former legionnaire Latvian Waffen SS Legion. Until 2001, March 16 was the official date legionnaire’s memory, which is marked at the state level, but in 2001 at the initiative of the President of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga, the date was removed from the list of official state observed dates.