- Sputnik International
Russia
The latest news and stories from Russia. Stay tuned for updates and breaking news on defense, politics, economy and more.

Russian neo-Bolsheviks detained for unauthorized anti-draft picket

Subscribe
MOSCOW, February 21 (RIA Novosti) - Ten activists from Russia's radical National Bolshevik Party (NBP) were detained Tuesday for an unauthorized anti-draft picket outside a Defense Ministry office in central Moscow, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.

Yevgeny Gildeyev said the neo-Bolsheviks had chained themselves to the building to protest military conscription and abuse in the army ranks.

Tuesday's NBP picket in Moscow was the latest in a series of protests prompted by the recent exposure of an army hazing incident in Russia's Ural Mountains region, where an 18-year-old private was brutally beaten and tortured by fellow servicemen.

On Monday, the NBP staged a similar action of protest at a military enlistment office in Voronezh, in southern European Russia.

The National Bolsheviks, led by controversial novelist Eduard Limonov, claim a total of about 15,000 members, most of them aged under 18. Outspoken critics of the present government, they have been repeatedly denied official registration as a political party.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала