Thousands of people rallied against the militarization of Austria

Thousands of people took to the streets of Vienna to take part in a demonstration for a neutral Austria. Footage from the demonstration on October 18 is published by Izvestia.

"Thousands of people took to the streets of Vienna, they stand for peace and a neutral Austria and against the militarization of Europe," said correspondent Margarita Kostiv.

Demonstrators carry placards with the words "Peace to Europe", "Let's create a world without weapons!", "No NATO!". The city center is partially blocked, public transport is running intermittently, and motorists are stuck in traffic jams.

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Earlier, on July 30, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called an insult to the Austrians the statements of Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger about her readiness to abandon neutrality and join NATO because of the alleged Russian threat. According to the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it has become the norm for the political leadership of Austria and the European Union (EU) countries to disregard the opinion of their population.

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