At least 5,000 people marched in Moscow on Friday to call on the government to "take Russia back for the Russians".<br /><br />The wave of nationalist sentiment, combined with growing anger over unemployment and immigration, has left Russia's leaders vulnerable to criticism for their continued support of independence-minded areas such as Chechnya.<br /><br />Opposition parties however, are starting to turn their attention to the nationalists. Perhaps to win favour with the group, the Communists, Russia's second largest party, have debated the re-introduction of ethnic identification in Russian passports.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Neave Barker reports from Moscow.
