Members of the so-called Night Wolves, a nationalist motorcycle club from Russia, have left Moscow for a tour to Berlin.
As a journalist from the AFP news agency noted, the column began on Saturday in the southeast of the Russian capital. It consisted of hundreds of members of the Night Wolves club, which vehemently supports Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin.
Several rally participants carried Russian and Soviet flags. Some had pasted the letter Z on their motorcycles, which symbolizes the offensive in Ukraine, which the Kremlin officially calls a “military special operation”. The rally is called “The Routes of Victory”.
The rally ends in Berlin on May 9. May 9 is the anniversary of the end of the world war in Russia, in Germany and other European countries this anniversary is already celebrated on May 8.
Putin’s friend leads the meeting
The meeting is led by Alexander Zaldostanov, the boss and founder of the Night Wolves, who describes himself as a “friend” of Putin. Zaldostanov is under Western sanctions for his support of Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula.
The rally must first lead to Volgograd – the former Stalingrad. The Red Army’s victory over Hitler’s Wehrmacht in the nearly six-month battle there (1942-1943) marked a turning point in the Soviet Union’s struggle against Nazi Germany in World War II. On February 2, it was 80 years ago that this happened in the presence of Putin. in Volgograd victory has been committed.
Night wolves also want to drive through Ukraine
The meeting will then move on to the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, where participants plan to provide humanitarian aid to civilians and Russian soldiers. Last September, Moscow declared Donetsk and three other Ukrainian regions annexed. However, the four regions are only partially controlled by Russia.
The Night Wolves were formed in 1989, shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union. In the past, delegations from the club have repeatedly left Moscow for Berlin to celebrate the Red Army’s victory over Nazi Germany. Members of the group also perform in other German cities, for example in Cologne last year.
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Soource :Watson
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