Gennady Zyuganov wrote an open letter to Vladimir Putin. He complained about “police persecution” of Communist Party supporters

In the letter, Zyuganov complained about the detention of members of the Communist Party after the protests held on Pushkinskaya Square in Moscow on September 20 and 25.

The leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation stressed that these detentions were groundless and illegal, expressing the opinion that "customers and perpetrators of these and a number of other illegal actions are guided not by the provisions of the law and the interests of public security, but by a misunderstood political expediency."

Zyuganov also criticized the three-day election format and online voting, comparing them to "a bomb that could sooner or later blow up stability in society."

Instead of establishing a constructive dialogue with the leading parliamentary party, the administrative pressure on the Communist Party of the Russian Federation is increasing, the facts of police persecution of its activists and supporters are multiplying. The unjustified cruelty and scope of these forceful actions are growing before our eyes.

The leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation asked Putin "to take strict measures aimed at bringing to justice officials guilty of exceeding their powers."

• The actions on September 20 and 25 were announced as meetings of deputies with voters, which, according to the law, do not require approval. There were no arrests at the rallies themselves, but subsequently the police began to come to their participants' homes and draw up protocols.
• Communist Party activists announced their disagreement with the results of online voting in Moscow. Because of them, not a single candidate from the party made it to the Duma in single-mandate districts of the city, although several people were confidently in the lead when summing up the results of the ordinary vote.