Ultra nationalist demonstrators carry an assortment of banners and flags during their authorized march on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. The new holiday, marking the end of the foreign intervention in Russia in 1612, was created in
Ultra nationalist demonstrators carry an assortment of banners and flags during their authorized march on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. The new holiday, marking the end of the foreign intervention in Russia in 1612, was created in 2005 to replace the traditional Nov. 7 celebration of the 1917 Bolshevik rise to power. But it has been seized upon by extreme nationalists. The banner reads "Russian march for Russian empire". Mikhail Metzel, Associated Press
By Associated Press

MOSCOW — Several thousand nationalists and neo-Nazis are marching in Moscow to call for ethnic Russians to "take back" Russia.

Resentment has grown among some Russians over Muslim migrants from Russia's Caucasus region and the money the Kremlin sends to those restive regions.

The protesters chanted "Russia for Russians" and "Migrants today, occupiers tomorrow" as they marched Friday through a working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of the capital.

The so-called Russian March has been held every year since 2005 on a new national holiday created to replace celebrations of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.

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Xenophobic groups have drawn moral support from the nationalism encouraged under Vladimir Putin's rule as part of the Kremlin's attempts to rebuild a strong Russian state.

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