Report: Hundreds hit Moscow streets urging end to ethnic violence

[UrbScotty]

Source: CNN

Hundreds of Russians hit the streets of Moscow on Sunday, rallying to promote peace and equality in response to a rash of ethnic violence and unrest, state-run media reported.

The "Moscow for Everyone" demonstration in Pushkin Square drew about 1,500 participants, according to RIA Novosti.

"People who came here do not intend to put up with the events that occurred in Moscow on December 11 and 15," said Viktor Shenderovich, one of the event's organizers. "I believe the riots in Moscow were caused by pus that burst out."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/12/26/russia.ethnic.violence/index.html?hpt=T2

[gateley]

1. I'm so glad they're able to do that - and so sorry to hear of more ethnic violence. nt

[babylonsister]

2. Too bad it can't happen here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x73627

Citing police abuse, Hispanics leaving Conn. town


Sounds like ethnic violence to me. :shrug: And in CT no less.

[toastbutter]

3. "pus that burst out"

for somebody who probably doesn't speak English as a first language, that's wonderfully accurate.

[Jefferson23]

4. 2,000 Detained to Prevent Violence 12/20/10

As the unprecedented nationalist protests continued over the weekend, police again resorted to mass detentions to prevent violent clashes between Slavs and ethnic minorities.

About 2,000 people — including many schoolchildren — were detained on Saturday in Moscow and the surrounding region alone, news reports said.

City police detained 1,192 people in the capital between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday, an unidentified police official told Interfax on Sunday.

In the surrounding Moscow region, another 800 people were detained to prevent them from carrying out unsanctioned protests, regional police spokesman Yevgeny Gildeyev told national news agencies.

Officers confiscated numerous weapons from the detainees, including two handguns, 13 nonlethal guns, 21 knives, and pyrotechnic devices, the reports said.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/2000-detained-to-prevent-violence/427176.html#no


http://www.theotherrussia.org/