A Russian Biker Gang Plans to Celebrate the Defeat of Nazi Germany in Berlin
A Russian biker gang backed by Vladimir Putin is planning to ride through Europe to celebrate the Soviet Union's role in World War II victory over Nazi Germany. A two-week 3,750-mile (6,000km) rally by Russian bikers including the Night Wolves, a fiercely nationalistic motorcycle club, will pass through Belarus, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria before ending in Berlin on 9 May – the day Russia marks the end of its war against Nazi Germany. During their journey the bikers will visit war memorials, Auschwitz and Dachau death camps and Berlin's Treptower Park famous for its Soviet war memorial.
Bobrovsky said many Europeans wanted to join the rally including Germans. The Russian ride, however, caused a major stir in Poland, one of the fiercest backers of the pro-Western government in Ukraine. A Polish Facebook page wrote "No to the passage of Russian bandits through Poland", calls on the authorities to ban the Russians from the EU. But they don’t have any intentions to create problems. The bikers insist their journey is not politically motivated. The main goal is to pay respects to those killed on WWII battlefields in the struggle against Hitler's Nazis - soldiers and innocent civilians.
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