[I am sure Memorial Day will be ok.]
Moscow holds first May Day parade since Soviet era
Thousands gather in Red Square for first time since 1991 to express patriotic fervour following Russia's takeover of Crimea
The square was a sea of brightly coloured flags and balloons as students, labour union members and nurses marched by. Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images
The traditional May Day parade made a return to Moscow's Red Square on Thursday, gathering tens of thousands of students, labour union members and passersby in an outpouring of patriotic fervour following Russia's takeover of Crimea.
The event has not been held on the square since Soviet times, when huge marches of labour unions and athletic organisations celebrated Soviet solidarity with the workers of the world, while members of the politburo looked on from the mausoleum holding Vladimir Lenin's mummified body.
Although president Vladimir Putin did not attend the event, many of the attendees held the same "Putin is right" and "We believe Putin" signs that were waved during his speech on Red Square when Crimea was officially accepted into Russia on 18 March.
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