Flowers, candles, and images of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk and Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska appeared outside the U.S. Embassy in Moscow on Wednesday, according to state media reports.

Kirk, a supporter of former President Donald Trump and founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was fatally shot while giving a speech at a university in Utah last week. Zarutska was tragically murdered on a train in North Carolina in August, prompting Trump to demand the death penalty for her assailant.

Beneath one of Kirk’s portraits in Moscow, there was a quote in Russian, reportedly attributed to him, stating, “Crimea has always belonged to Russia. It should never have been transferred. Russians who wish to be a part of Russia reside in Crimea.” It remains unclear when or if Kirk actually made this statement, though he had previously voiced criticism of American support for Ukraine.

In another image, Kirk was described as “Christian, Conservative, Human.”

The Telegram news channel Ostorozhno Novosti noted that the identity of those who created the makeshift memorial outside the embassy was unclear.

In the vicinity, a fringe nationalist group staged an anti-American protest. Some demonstrators brandished Confederate flags and black-and-orange St. George ribbons, a tribute to Soviet victory in World War II.

The rally was organized by the National Liberation Movement, a pro-Kremlin organization. The organizers claimed this event marked their first demonstration since Trump took office in January and labeled it the “Day of the Repressed Peoples of the United States.”

Pro-Kremlin supporters asserted that they coined this phrase to honor the nearly 23,000 soldiers who were killed or injured in the Battle of Antietam during the U.S. Civil War.

It was uncertain whether the memorial and the protest were related.