Dozens Detained at a Rally in Moscow Held by Kremlin-Friendly Communist Party, Party Says – WTOP News
The party said mostly young demonstrators were detained as the rally ended, and its Moscow branch sought their release.
- 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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Approximately 60 people were detained at an authorized meeting of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) in Moscow, after participants began to scan fair elections, political freedoms and "Down with the country," the Russian party and media reported.
Russian police arrested about 60 people at an officially permitted demonstration in Moscow on Sunday after they began chanting anti-government slogans.
Dozens detained at authorized Communist Party rally after chants of 'Down with the Tsar'
The event had been authorized by Moscow authorities, but detentions reportedly intensified as the rally was ending and participants shifted toward more directly anti-Kremlin slogans.
Police in Moscow arrested about sixty people on Sunday during a meeting of the Russian Kremlin-aligned Communist Party, the party itself reported. The demonstration commemorated the 1993 parliamentary uprising. Follow all developments in the war in Ukraine in our live blog.
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cedarnews.netAround sixty people were arrested by the police during a protest in the Russian capital, Moscow. This was stated by the Kremlin-aligned Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), which had organized the commemorative protest. During the demonstration, protesters carried photos of people who died during the parliamentary uprising of 1993. They also carried signs reading: "Release the political prisoners," "for free elections," and "Down w…
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