A participant on the May Day trade unions' march in Red Square in Moscow, May 1, 2014. Russians celebrate the coming of Spring and Labor Day on the first day of May since 1991. May 1st lost its political meaning in Russia after the break up of the Soviet Union in 1991 and Boris Yeltsin became the first freely elected president of the Russian Federation. But the May Day parade was once again staged at the Red Square this year with the resurgence of Russian nationalism and the growing crisis in Ukraine. [Photo/icpress.cn] |