Pro-Russian organization pickets U.S. Embassy

The League of Russian Youth (LRY), a pro-Russian group from Moldova, picketed the U.S. Embassy in Moldova today.

The LRY said it was thusly protesting against Georgia's decision to demolish a Soviet-era World War II monument.

In addition, the protesters expressed their disappointment with the U.S. voting against a Russia-proposed U.N. resolution against the destruction of World War II memorials. Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, and all of the E.U. countries abstained from this vote.

Igor Tuliantev, LRY head, said that Moldova abstained from the vote because it wanted to please the U.S., "which is conducting propaganda about this topic."

Previously, on November 24, the LRY said it did not want to study the history of Romanians in Moldovan schools.