Russian nationalists rally 'against tolerance' and immigrants in Moscow
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The protest took place on Unity Day, a national holiday established in 2005 to replace commemorations of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Many demonstrators carried Russian imperial flags. One group displayed a banner reading “Young People Against Tolerance”.
Animosity against migrants from the former Soviet Central Asian republics and non-Slavs from the largely Muslim Russian Caucasus region is strong among nationalists. Migrants are widely employed in construction and low-paid jobs that Russians are not eager to do.
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