Night Wolves commemorate fallen Soviet soldiers in Bratislava

Five members of the Russian motorcycle club Night Wolves arrived at the Slavín war memorial in Bratislava on Saturday, with hundreds of people with Russian and Slovak flags welcoming them at the site. The Russian motorcyclists were accompanied on their way from the Czech Republic to Bratislava by several sympathizers from Slovakia and the Czech Republic. After arriving to Slavin, they laid wreaths at the door of the memorial room and bowed their heads to commemorate the Soviet soldiers who were killed in WWII. The waiting for the Night Wolves at Slavín that took several hours on Saturday afternoon was dramatic at some moments due to disputes between a camp of those who appeared at the site to welcome the Russian motorcyclists and those who came to protest against their arrival to Slovakia. The situation had eventually to be calmed by police.