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In Moscow, around 20 participants in a legally approved Communist Party (CPRF) rally were detained during a march commemorating those killed during the storming of the White House in October 1993. The detainees were taken to the Krasnopresnenskiy police station,reports SOTAvision.
The CPRF meeting began at about 11:30am with criticism of the “Anglo-Saxons,” but then participants marched from Krasnopresnenskaya Zastava, chanting: “We want freedom,” “Down with Roskomnadzor,” “No to political repression,” “Freedom for political prisoners,” “Down with the party of crooks and thieves.” According to ASTRA, after the chant “Down with the tsar!” the security forces started detaining participants more aggressively. Among those detained were young people carrying flags.
Rally participants also demanded the release of Dmitry Morozov, an activist from Izhevsk (a major city in the Urals), who had been campaigning for a rally against electoral fraud. He was detained by the FSB on 2 October. It later became known that a criminal case on drug charges had been opened against him.
The CPRF had announced in advance a meeting between MPs and voters for 4 October, a march along Druzhinnikovskaya Street, and the laying of flowers at a memorial for those killed during the political crisis of October 1993.
15:32 Around 60 people were detained at the CPRF rally, reports “Ostorozhno, novosti.” According to their information, the detentions took place in two waves: 26 participants from the CPRF, 30 members of Yabloko, and several activists were taken by the security forces.
“We saw a person lying on the ground, surrounded by people. The law enforcement officers were kicking him. In the end, the person was dragged away. A woman was grabbed by the hair, she screamed. It was horrific, all in the traditions of 1993,” eyewitnesses told journalists.
The article has been updated to reflect the new number of detainees.