Dozens detained at a rally in Moscow held by Kremlin-friendly Communist Party, party says
The party said its Moscow branch is seeking the release of mostly young detainees after the rally ended.
- On Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026, Moscow police detained about 60 people at a rally held by the Kremlin-friendly Communist Party marking the 33rd anniversary of the 1993 bloody clashes.
- During a standoff between President Boris Yeltsin and lawmakers opposing free-market reforms, military forces shelled the parliament building in 1993; authorities reported 123 people were killed.
- Participants chanted slogans including "Freedom for political prisoners," "For fair elections," and "Down with the Tsar," according to the Telegram channel Ostorozhno Novosti. The rally was led by 82-year-old Gennady Zyuganov.
- Working to secure release of the mostly young detainees, the Communist Party's Moscow branch emphasized the party's steady support for government policy and the war in Ukraine.
- Intensifying Ukrainian drone attacks deep inside Russia have fueled public frustration, striking oil refineries and warehouses while causing fuel shortages that have disrupted daily life in Moscow.
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‘Dozens detained’ at a rally in Moscow held by Kremlin-friendly Communist Party
Police in Moscow detained about 60 people at a rally on Sunday held by Russia’s Kremlin-friendly Communist Party, the party said. The party said in a statement that the detentions happened as the rally was ending and that its Moscow branch was working to get those who were detained – mostly young people – released. The rally marked the anniversary of the Kremlin’s 1993 crushing of a parliamentary uprising. The Telegram news channel Ostorozhno No…
Moscow police detained about 60 people on Sunday at a rally organized by the pro-Kremlin Russian Communist Party, the political force said.
Dozens detained at a rally in Moscow held by Kremlin-friendly Communist Party, party says – WTOP News
Police in Moscow detained about 60 people at a rally Sunday held by Russia’s Kremlin-friendly Communist Party, the party said. The party said in a statement that the detentions happened as the rally was ending, and that its Moscow branch was working to get those who were detained – mostly young people – released. The...
Among the participants, according to media, there were also members of the Yabloko pacifist party, excluded from last month's parliamentary elections.Putin's party razes in legislative elections with the written result Some 60 people were arrested this Sunday in Moscow in an event called by the Communist Party of Russia on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of the bombing of the Russian Parliament ordered by then President Boris Yeltsin, local…
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