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In Moscow, around 20 participants in a permitted CPRF rally were detained during a march commemorating those who died during the storming of the White House in October 1993. The detainees were taken to the Krasnopresnensky police station, reports SOTAvision.
The CPRF rally began at around 11:30 with criticism of “the Anglo-Saxons,” but then participants set off in a march from Krasnopresnenskaya Zastava, chanting slogans including: “We want freedom,” “Down with Roskomnadzor,” “No to political repression,” “Freedom for political prisoners,” and “Down with the party of crooks and thieves.” According to ASTRA, after the chant “Down with the tsar!” law enforcement began to detain participants more forcefully. Among those detained were young people carrying flags.
Participants also demanded the release of Dmitry Morozov, an activist from Izhevsk (in the Udmurt Republic, about 1,000 km east of Moscow), who had called for a rally against election fraud. He was detained by FSB officers on 2 October. Later it became known that criminal charges for drugs were brought against him.
The CPRF had earlier announced a 4 October meeting between deputies and voters, a march down Druzhinnikovskaya Street, and the laying of flowers at the memorial to those who died during the October 1993 political crisis.
15:32 During the CPRF rally, about 60 people were detained, reports “Ostorozhno, Novosti” (“Careful, News”). According to the outlet, detentions happened in two waves: 26 CPRF participants were taken by police, along with 30 members of the Yabloko party and several other activists.
“We saw—someone was lying on the ground with people around them. The police were kicking them. Eventually, they snatched the person away. Then they grabbed a woman by the hair, she started screaming. It was terrible, just like in ’93,” witnesses told journalists.
5 October, 14:11 At least 15 people detained after the CPRF rally were kept overnight at police stations. People were taken, in particular, to the Presnensky, Tagansky, Meshchansky and Krasnoselsky police stations.
Some rally participants were detained for 48 hours pending a court hearing, clarifies SOTAvision.
At the same time, some detainees were already released. Some received charges for violating the rules for taking part in a public event, while others were released without any charges.
This story has been updated due to the revised number of detainees.