Pro-Kremlin activists rallied in Moscow Saturday exterior embassies of nations thought of “unfriendly” by Russia on the ninth anniversary of its annexation of Crimea, a youth motion stated.
The pro-Kremlin youth motion “Molodaya Gvardia” (“The Young Guard”) stated that over 5,000 folks demonstrated exterior the embassies of 20 “unfriendly” nations together with the United States, France, Germany and Poland.
These international locations “support Ukraine… and also actively supply lethal weapons to the Ukrainian regime,” they stated.
Around 400 activists gathered exterior the US embassy in Moscow holding up posters with messages comparable to “Crimea with Russia forever” or “The United States, you sow death,” an AFP reporter noticed.
“With the help of these weapons, peaceful Crimea can be fired upon and already is,” the youth motion’s head Anton Demidov instructed AFP.
“Those countries that supply lethal weapons, we consider them accomplices of this crime,” he added.
An identical demonstration of some 200 folks additionally came about exterior the British embassy, an AFP reporter witnessed.
Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 following a referendum that was denounced by Kyiv and Western capitals.
The annexation has triggered a wave of worldwide condemnation and sanctions.