Police in Moscow detain about 60 people at a Sunday rally held by Russia’s Kremlin-friendly Communist Party, the party says. The detentions occur as the rally is ending, and the party says its Moscow branch is working to secure the release of those detained, described as mostly young people.
The event marks an anniversary of the Kremlin’s 1993 crushing of a parliamentary uprising. ABC News and other outlets report the main details of the detentions and the party’s response. The South China Morning Post and PerthNow add that protesters chant slogans including calls such as “Freedom for political prisoners” and “Down with the tsar,” while a Telegram channel cited by SCMP reports on slogans used. Overall coverage focuses on the police action and the party’s claim about circumstances around the rally’s conclusion.
