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    Moscow revives May Day tradition

    Yahoo News•May 1, 2014
    • People walk through Red Square with flags and banners during a rally in Moscow May 1, 2014. Russians celebrate the coming of Spring and since communist times, also Labour Day on the first day of May. The placard reads, "We believe in Putin." REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY)
    • People walk with flags and balloons towards St. Basil's Cathedral on Red Square during a rally in Moscow May 1, 2014. Russians celebrate the coming of Spring and since communist times, Labour Day on the first day of May. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
    • Members of Russia's Communist party carry banners and flags during a May Day rally in Moscow May 1, 2014. Russians celebrate the coming of Spring and since communist times, Labour Day on the first day of May. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY)
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    People walk through Red Square with flags and banners during a rally in Moscow

    People walk through Red Square with flags and banners during a rally in Moscow May 1, 2014. Russians celebrate the coming of Spring and since communist times, also Labour Day on the first day of May. The placard reads, "We believe in Putin." REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY)

    About 100,000 people have marched through Red Square to celebrate May Day, the first time the annual parade has been held on the vast cobblestoned square outside the Kremlin since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

    In keeping with Soviet-era traditions, Thursday's parade was organized by trade unions and honored the working man. But it also celebrated Russia's annexation of Crimea and was seen as part of President Vladimir Putin's efforts to stoke patriotic feelings. (AP)

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