Moscow police detain 60 at Communist party political rally
About 60 people, mostly young, were detained by Moscow police at an anti-government rally marking the 1993 parliamentary uprising.
Police in Moscow detained roughly 60 people at a political rally held by Russia's Communist party on the anniversary of the Kremlin's 1993 crushing of a parliamentary revolt. The party said the detentions happened as the event was ending and that it was working to get those held released.
Protesters chanted slogans including "Freedom for political prisoners", "For fair elections" and "Down with the tsar". The rally reflected growing public frustration in Russia over intensifying Ukrainian drone attacks hitting oil refineries, warehouses and fuel supplies deep inside the country, including in Moscow.
The 1993 confrontation pitted president Boris Yeltsin against hardline MPs opposed to his free-market reforms, and ended when he sent in the military, which used tanks to shell parliament. Authorities reported 123 people were killed, though unofficial estimates put the toll much higher.
- About 60, mostly young
- People detained
- Over a quarter-century
- Putin's tenure
Why it mattersThe detentions show the Kremlin's continued suppression of political dissent, even when it comes from its own allied Communist party.
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