Discarded portraits from the “Immortal Regiment” event are being discussed on social networks

Photos of portraits of fallen relatives thrown out after the Immortal Regiment mass action appeared on social networks.

In the rally, which is called the most humane event of the last 9 celebration of Victory Day in May, only half a million people took part in Moscow alone. People came to the Red Square with portraits of their relatives, participants of the Great Patriotic War.

However, the very next day, posts appeared on social networks that people were gathered to participate in the procession through websites for organizing mass actions. In addition, bloggers drew attention to the abundance of identical banners with photographs. Poet Veronika Dolina wrote on Facebook that she walked a dozen side streets and saw countless buses in the Tverskaya area: “I’m very sorry, but I will say. This whole story with the march is staged, that’s all.”

When publishing photos of posters with portraits of veterans thrown into a heap, bloggers wonder if people would throw portraits of their dead relatives after the end of the action.

A number of participants in the Immortal Regiment march were outraged by comments on social networks. They claim that the majority came to the rally voluntarily, and even if extras were used, they were unlikely to make up a significant part of the crowd of thousands.

9 May President Russia, Vladimir Putin led the march "Immortal regiment" in the center of Moscow. The protesters carried banners with photos of their relatives who fought on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. The Russian president was holding a portrait of his father.