About 60 people were detained in Moscow at a Communist Party (CPRF) rally—sanctioned by the authorities—marking the anniversary of the 1993 shelling of the White House, the party reported. According to the "Ostorozhno, Novosti" channel, the event at the monument to the heroes of the 1905 Revolution in Krasnopresnenskaya Zastava Square drew around 2,000 participants.
The detentions began after demonstrators started chanting slogans against United Russia, as well as calls for "fair elections" and "down with the Tsar." They also shouted "Down with the party of crooks and thieves," "We want freedom," "Down with Roskomnadzor," "No to political repression," and "Freedom for political prisoners," SotaVision reports. According to eyewitnesses, upon hearing this, police officers "stormed into the crowd" and began grabbing people. It is reported that 26 members of the CPRF, about 30 members of Yabloko, and several other activists were detained.
"We saw a man lying on the ground with people around him, while law enforcement officers were kicking him. Eventually, they managed to pull the man away. A woman was grabbed by the hair and screamed. It was horrific—just like the events of 1993," eyewitnesses recounted.
Participants in the rally also demanded the release of Izhevsk activist Dmitry Morozov. He had been seeking to hold a rally against election fraud when he was detained by FSB officers on October 2. It later emerged that a criminal case involving drug charges had been opened against him. Additionally, protesters expressed support for Nikolai Bondarenko, a Communist Party (CPRF) member who had been barred from running in the State Duma elections.
According to the unregistered Revolutionary Workers' Party, the detainees were taken to the Krasnopresnensky, Krasnoselsky, Meshchansky, and Tagansky police stations. Two members of the CPRF were released.
The CPRF stated that it is working to secure the release of those detained and provide them with necessary assistance. Meanwhile, Yabloko noted that it had no information regarding the participation of its members in the Communists' rally in Moscow.
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even if the communists are controlled opposition, it’s nice to see them legitimately angry about something. there’s absolutely nothing subtle about what happened to them in this election.
So, is there a Bolshevik and Menshevik divide in the Communist Party of Russia?
While the top Moscow-based officers of the CPRF are Kremlin appointed, many of the rank and file members and regional executives are not, and contest United Russia at regional level. Given crushing of the “non systemic opposition”, CPRF has become the main vehicle for legal opposition and attracted many activists
In a sign of worsening political repression in Russia, the Russian police arrested some 60 people in a government approved rally over chants deemed hostile to the United Russia political party and the Russian government. The rally was intended to memorialise the 1993 shelling of the Russian White House, but attendees started chanting slogans hostile to the aforementioned institutions but also demands of “fair elections,” “no to political repression,” and “freedom for political prisoners.”
Eyewitnesses say that as soon as the chanting began, the police “stormed into the crowd” and started detaining people; with one eyewitness comparing this recent police action to the political crisis in 1993 itself. Reportedly the police detained 26 members of the Russian Communist Party, 30 members of the liberal Yabloko party and several other activists.
!ping Rus
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Rare: communist I can support.
“Anything is preferable [to White Russia]–even Bolshevism.”–Jozef Pilsudski
`>MFW participants at the CPRF rally call for free elections, an end to Putin’s reign and freedom for political prisoners`
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Is them being upset at “for fair elections” an admission that their elections are not fair?
Damn, communists demanding free elections was not on my bingo card