Melbourne. File photoMOSCOW, May 8.Russian-speaking Australians on Sunday celebrated Victory Day with a motorcycle race, honoring the memory of the dead soldiers, Stanislav Gorodischer, coordinator of the run in Melbourne of the participants of the Night Wolves motorcycle club, told RIA Novosti. We drove through the city center, passers-by and motorists who stopped at traffic lights greeted us with smiles, supported us, took pictures, received us with admiration and delight. According to him, negotiations were held so that the police knew that motorcyclists would go into the city, and warned the guards along the route to let them through. As Gorodischer said, there were «absolutely no objections» from the police. After the motorcycle race, its participants went to the Greek Orthodox Church, where a service was organized for them, they read a prayer in honor of Victory Day and in memory of all the dead.
The procession of the «Immortal Regiment» took place in BeijingMotorcyclists invited people to a picnic, the Greek Church provided a place for this, and celebrated this day with their families and children. In Melbourne, in a motorcycle race «Night Wolves» was attended by about fifty motorcyclists, more than half of whom were Russian-speaking citizens, Gorodischer said. «The rest were our friends and like-minded people who support us, including Australian motorcyclists, veterans. We also have a group of guys from India, who love to travel with us and support our events,” he said. memorial in Perth and Brisbane.
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