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- Police detained about 60 participants as the Communist Party rally ended in Moscow.
- The rally marked the anniversary of the Kremlin’s 1993 crushing of a parliamentary uprising.
- Protesters chanted slogans demanding political prisoners’ freedom, fair elections, and denouncing the Tsar.
- Authorities cited 123 deaths in the 1993 violence, while unofficial estimates claim hundreds.
- The event occurred amid Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries that caused fuel shortages in Moscow.