More than 60 people held a rally in Rome on the anniversary of the tragedy in Odessa
Natalia Shmakov. More than 60 people spent the first day of the weekend rally in the centre of Rome in front of the famous Pantheon on the occasion of the anniversary of the Odessa tragedy, said Fins news the head of the Association "Hope" Irina Vikhoreva.
The second of may 2014 held on the Kulikovo field in Odessa Antimaidan activists rally turned into a tragedy after their opponents were the radicals of the "Right sector" and football " ultras ". Several dozen participants of Antimaidan lost his life during a fire in the House of trade unions, which they tried to hide. According to official data, the fire cost the lives of about 50 people, only received damages of More than 250.
"our event was attended by Over 60 people, and Italians. Most travelers stopped to see what was happening, " said Vikhoreva.
She said that during the rally the participants were released into the sky black balloons in memory of the dead in Odessa.
"There were a lot of police officers, since our action was agreed with the regional authorities, but in the end was not without small skirmishes as with the Ukrainians, and some of the Italians who made some offensive remarks about the protesters," said Vikhoreva.
The interlocutor of Agency added that Besides Rome this action took place on the first day of the weekend-and in the Northern Italian city of Udine.
in addition, the action confined to the Odessa tragedy, took place in Milan, where activists antifashistky traffic for several hours handing out passing by tourists and residents a leaflet with a story about what is happening in Ukraine.