By: Michael Mainville
AFP
Date: March 9, 2014
Source: http://www.infowars.com/russian-flags-flood-crimean-capital-as-thousands-back-takeover/
http://news.yahoo.com/russian-flags-flood-crimean-capital-thousands-back-takeover-145104243.html
Russian flags flooded Lenin Square in the centre of Crimea’s capital Simferopol Sunday as thousands rallied in support of Moscow’s takeover of the peninsula — vastly overwhelming a smaller pro-Ukraine demonstration nearby.
The rival rallies in Simferopol were peaceful, in contrast to the Crimean port city of Sevastopol, where about 100 pro-Russians with clubs and whips attacked some 20 people who were guarding a pro-Ukraine rally.
Some 10,000 people joined the pro-Russia rally in Simferopol, chanting “Russia! Russia!” as a navy band played patriotic Russian songs and dancers twirled on stage.
This article was posted: Sunday, March 9, 2014 at 9:40 am