In Prague’s central Wenceslas Square several dozens of
pro-Ukrainian activists made attempts to bar the motorbike convoy
PRAGUE, May 7. /TASS/. Over 100 bikers of the Russian Night Wolves motorcycling club taking part in the rally "Roads of Victory - To Berlin" arrived in the Czech capital of Prague on Saturday.
"The bikers embrace the club’s members and our friends from Russia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Austria and Kazakhstan," Andrey Bobrovsky, who is in charge of the motorbike rally this year, told TASS.
In Prague’s central Wenceslas Square several dozens of
pro-Ukrainian activists made attempts to bar the motorbike convoy. Waving
Ukrainian flags and chanting anti-Russian slogans, they shouted insults at the
bikers.
Police cut short their attempts to block traffic on the square.
Later on, the Night Wolves bikers honored the memory of
437 Soviet soldiers buried at Olsany cemetery located in downtown Prague. They
laid wreaths and flowers at the monument to the Soviet liberator soldier there.
Hundreds of Czech nationals and Russian compatriots
joined the Night Wolves’ action at the Olsany cemetery, expressing their
gratitude to the former Soviet Union and Russia. Over 100,000 Soviet servicemen
died in battles liberating Czechoslovakia from the Nazis.
Earlier, the bikers honored the memory of Red Army
soldiers in Slovakia. On Friday, they laid flowers at the monument to Soviet
soldiers in the Austrian capital of Vienna and on Sunday they are planning to
arrive in Berlin to mark Victory Day there.
Source: ITAR-TASS 08-05-2016
