A man holds a placard during a demonstration marking Revolution Day in St. Petersburg
A man holds a placard during a demonstration marking Revolution Day in St. Petersburg, November 7, 2005. Russia used to officially celebrate the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution on November 7, but abolished the public holiday earlier this year in favour of People's Unity Day on November 4. The picture shows a detail of a placard that reads: 'Anticommunism is a symptom of fascism'. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk