Mars Field

Russian police detained around 65 people at an officially sanctioned KPRF rally in central Moscow, where protesters chanted "Down with the tsar!", "Freedom for political prisoners!" and "For fair elections!" A communist gathering in St Petersburg on the Field of Mars also ended with police questioning. Separately, KPRF deputy chairman Yury Afonin said on state TV that the party and Gennady Zyuganov had demanded recognition of the DPR and LPR since 2014.