May Day Parade in Moscow is reportedly the first Red Square May Day parade since the Soviet days, says Reuters. This news of the May Day Parade in Moscow is good news as in other countries, specifically in Cambodia and Istanbul in Turkey, rallies abound and several have reportedly already gotten hurt.

The May Day Parade in Moscow Red Square had 100,00 people marching for the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The Thursday May Day Parade in Moscow was organized by trade unions and honoured the working man, in order to keep with Soviet-era tradition.

Accordingly, the May Day Parade in Moscow also reportedly celebrated Russia's annexation of Crimea and was seen as part of President Vladimir Putin's efforts to uplift patriotic feelings amongst Russian labourers.

Marchers in the May Day Parade in Moscow reportedly held up signs saying "Let's go to Crimea for vacation" and "Putin is right." Russian flags also fluttered throughout the crowd in the May Day Parade in Moscow.

The huge May Day Parade in Moscow showcased a host of trade unionists marching with Russian flags and flags of Putin's ruling United Russia party against the Red Square beneath the Kremlin walls, past the red granite mausoleum of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin.

According to Reuters, Banners were also on display in the May Day Parade in Moscow, with slogans for the annual workers' holiday, like: "Peace, Labour, May". However, not everybody was happy as political issues were also visualized in the May Day Parade in Moscow. These probably allude to the crisis in Ukraine, wherein Russian troops have already seized and annexed the Crimea peninsula March. This issue have reportedly rashly began the biggest confrontation with the West since the Cold War.

Mayor Sergei Sobyanin of Moscow told Rossiya 24 TV from the May Day Parade in Moscow Red Square that more than 100,000 people had marched through the parade. He said, "This is not by chance, because there is a patriotic uplift and a good mood in the country."

The intervention in Ukraine has specifically been popular in the May Day Parade in Moscow Red Square. An poll on Wednesday reportedly showed 82 percent support for Putin, his highest since 2010.

Despite this, not all Muscovites were impressed.

31-year-old historian Kirill Strakhov, on joining the May Day Parade in Moscow, spoke of the issue with Ukraine.

The marcher said, "Today isn't a particularly special holiday, it's just a nice spring day, and people are happy to have an opportunity to celebrate. The authorities are trying to drum up support by encouraging patriotic feelings. They ignore the fact that there are many difficult economic and geopolitical problems associated with the unification of Crimea."

Meanwhile, in Manila and Kuala Lumpur, peaceful marches were also held, albeit less parade-like. Thousands of workers in the Philippines marched peacefully in Manila in protest of low wages and employers' custom of replacing regular employees with temporary hires in order to pay less and give  little to no benefits. In Malaysia, workers also held a peaceful protest in downtown Kuala Lumpur in opposition to a looming goods and services tax which they fear will boost the cost of living in the country.

May Day Parade in Moscow seems to have sparked patriotism in the country more than any other nation. The occasion is an important date in the Soviet calendar and is still a major holiday for Russians. Though it has been filled with rallies in other parts of Moscow since the Soviet Union ended in 1991 and parades were kept off Red Square, now it's seems that it's more than welcome. It seems like Russia is feeling a little more confident now.