In January and February 2015 there were 26 meetings supporting the DPR and the LPR, against the current Ukrainian government and US foreign policy.
The most massed meetings were on the 5th of February at Athens (supporting the Government of Greece, organizer – «Syriza», participated about 30 000) and on the 16th of February at Sophia (against the NATO expansion, organizers – Anti-fascist Coalition of Bulgaria and «Attack» party, participated about 1000).
In the Russian Federation the most large-scale meeting, supporting the DPR and the LPR took place on the 31st of January at Yekaterinburg (up to 200 participants).
Apart from this, it is necessary to emphasize the action organized by the party «Jobbik» in Budapest (13.02.2015) .The participants of the event demanded the protection of ethnic rights of the Hungarians of the MFA of Hungary and voiced a protest against the Hungarians` mobilization into the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The most widespread slogans were: «Save Donbass people», «Save Donbass Children», «Stop War!», «Je suis Donbass», «ЯВаня», «Je suis Odessa», «Stop Ukrainian nazi», «Стоп - фашизму!», «ЯДонбасс», «ЯВаня» etc.
Date, place, number of participants |
Aims/Slogans |
Notes |
08.01.2015 Berlin, Germany, 50-100 people |
Slogans: «Яценюк – фашист!», «Save Donbass people», «Save Donbass Children», «Stop War!». Aims: |
The group of activists with anti-fascist banners posted piquet near Bundestag building, and hissed off the cortège of Yatsenyuk.
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13.01.2015 Strasbourg, up to 20 people |
Slogans: «Save Donbass people», «Save Donbass Children». Aims: |
In demonstration there were used photos of the victims of Dom Profsojuzov`s conflagration, on the 2nd of May, 2014. |
15.12.2015 Madrid, Spain, around 100 people |
Slogans: «Донбасс станет могилой фашизма!», «Poroshenko – murderer!», «Obama and Merkel hand off the DPR!». |
Organizer: Madrid committee of anti-fascist Ukraine support. The participants marched along the streets of Madrid using the USSR, the DPR, the LPR, Novorossia and Battalion «Vostok» flags. They also held portraits of Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and Petro Poroshenko with the inscription at the bottom «war criminal». |
22.01.2015 around 10 people |
Slogans: «Я — Донбасс», «Я-Луганск». Aims: |
Organizers: the LDPR party. |
25.01.2015 Ottawa, Canada, around 13 people |
Slogans: «Je suis Donbass», «Je suis Donetsk», «ЯВаня». |
Canadian citizens expressed their solidarity with Donbass citizens and claimed to stop the bloodshed. |
27.01.2015 Ottawa, Canada, around 10 people |
Slogans: «Je suis Odessa», «Stop Ukrainian Nazi». Aim: |
The meeting against the war in Donbass took place in front of the building CBC Radio-Canada. |
31.01.2015 Yekaterinburg, 150-200 people |
Slogans: «ЯДонбасс». Aims: |
Members of action #яДонбасс marched along the streets of Yekaterinburg and pelted Consulate General of the USA building with eggs. Two participants of march violated discipline and were brought to the police department. |
31.01.2015 (Murmansk district), up to 50 people |
Aims: |
Organizers: The Deputies of Monchegorsk city Soviet. |
01.02.2015 Montreal, |
Slogans: «Je suis Donbass». |
Canadian citizens expressed solidarity with the people of Donbass and demanded the cessation of the bloodshed. |
05.02.2015 Athens, Greece up to 30 000 people |
Slogans: «We don’t give up. We aren’t afraid. We don’t step back. We will win». Aims: |
The large-scale meeting took place at the Athens supporting the policy of the government of the country directed against anti-Russian sanctions and discrimination from the EU`s side. During the action the state symbolic of the DPR and the LPR is detected. |
06.02.2015 Kostroma, up to 30 people |
Slogans: «Я-Донбасс».
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Organizers: the CPRF party, Kostroma regional organization «The children of the war». In resolution of the meeting there was a request to the Russian authorities to recognize officially the Donetsk and Luhansk Republics, and make everything possible to stop junta from shelling of cities of Donbass, don’t stop the humanitarian help for Novorossia, track this help not to appear at the profiteer`s hands.
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07.02.2015 Munich, around 100 people |
Slogans: «Против НАТО», «Save Donbass people», «SaveDonbass Children», «Stop War!» etc. |
During the Munich Security conference, citizens disagreed with the Western policy towards Russia and Donbass, and walked down the streets with the request to stop the war and the escalation of the conflict. |
09.02.2015 Sophia, около 100 чел |
Aims: |
Hundreds of people went into the streets of Sofia at national protest against the NATO expansion in Bulgaria. Protestors carried a big Ribbon of Saint George along the streets, and then the action continued near the Residence of the Head of the country, where the flags of the USA and the European Union were burnt. |
13.02.2015 Budapest, around 20 people |
Aims: |
Activists of the party «Jobbik» held an action in the center of Budapest against the mobilization of the ethnic Hungarians into the Armed Forces of Ukraine and against the weapons supplying to the Kiev regime. |
14.02.2015 Montreal, up to 5 people |
Slogans: «Je suis Donbass». |
Adversaries of war held a photo exhibition in Montreal depicting war crimes committed by the Ukrainian authorities. |
14.02.2015 Belgorod, around 30 people |
Slogans «Мир и свободу Новороссии!», «Стоп - фашизму!». |
On the 14th of February, on the eve of the declared truce on the South-East of Ukraine, anti-fascist meeting and march supporting Novorossia took place due to the initiative of the communist-deputies Yaroslav Sidorov and Krill Skachko and with the assistance of Belgorod municipal departments of the KPRF party and All-Russian Constructive Movement «Russkiy Lad». The action was supported by other political parties, public movements and ordinary Belgorod citizens. |
15.02.2015 Dublin, Ireland, 4-10 people |
Slogans: |
Organizers: Humanitarian battalion. Ireland, Anti-Imperialist Front Ireland. The photo exhibition took place at Dublin, demonstrating photos of the killed and wounded children because of hostilities.
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16.02.2015 Sophia, up to 1000 people |
Slogans: «НАТО вон!». Aims: |
Organizers: Anti-fascist Alliance of Bulgaria and the «Attack» party. Hundreds of people went into the streets of Sofia at national protest against the NATO expansion in Bulgaria. Protestors carried a big Ribbon of Saint George along the streets, and then the action continued near the Residence of the Head of the country, where the flags of the USA and the European Union were burnt.
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17.02.2015 New-York, up to 20 people |
Slogans: «No weapon for Ukraine», «Fight Fascism & Racism», «Save Donbass people». |
Organizers: International Action Centre, «Borot'ba». |