"Quite recently, the problem of fascism and nationalism in Russia did not seemed very severe. Now, I think, the problem is the most serious one facing our society," Nikita Belykh said at a Moscow Civic Congress meeting.
The decision to hold the anti-fascist march after the Moscow Duma elections was made to show that it is not a pre-election campaigning idea and that democrats intend to focus on this problem in the future as well, he said.
On November 4, about 3,000 people gathered at a nationalist demonstration in central Moscow.
The "Right March" was staged by radical rightist movements, including the Movement Against Illegal Immigration, the Russian National Union, the National Patriotic Front Memory and others.
The marchers drummed and chanted "long live the empire!" and "Russians, get on your feet!" The slogans and banners they carried read "Russians are advancing!" and "Russians, go forward!"
The ruling United Russia party, SPS and Yabloko all condemned the rally as nationalistic.
