Left Bloc (Russia)

In particular, the Left Bloc, together its with allies, held the "Anti-Capitalism" actions, which, according to the organizers, were intended to show society the existence of political forces with an anti-capitalist orientation.

Any group of left-wing activists at both the federal and local levels can become a collective member of the Left Bloc, provided that the organizational principles are accepted.

Strategic decisions, adoption of changes in organizational principles and statements on behalf of the entire organization are carried out by the Interregional Council of the Left Bloc.

[7] On 22 August 2016, a group of operatives detained Danil Alferyev, an activist of the Left Bloc from Ulyanovsk who was studying at a postgraduate school, in a rented apartment on Varshavskoye Shosse in Moscow.

[30] On 21 February 2016, during a rally in Torfyanka Park [ru], Left Bloc activist Artem "Potolok" was detained and taken to the Losinoostrovsky Ministry of Internal Affairs office.

[33] On 1 May 2017, a group of vegans and Vladimir Zhuravlyov, a member of the Left Bloc, were detained at the May Day march of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in Moscow.

Mir was released with a report under Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (Violation by a participant in a public event of the established procedure for holding a meeting, rally, demonstration, march, or picket) and was subsequently fined in her absence.

[36] On 23 September 2017, in Moscow, while approaching the location of the “Anti-Capitalism-2017” action, one of the coordinators of the Left Bloc, Vasily Kuzmin, and an activist of the organization, Vitaly Vorobyov, were detained.

[37] On 25 September 2017, the Odintsovo City Court arrested eight Left Bloc activists for terms ranging from 3 to 14 days for attempting to hold "Anti-Capitalism-2017" in the elite settlement of Barvikha.

[38] On 1 October 2017, Left Bloc activists were among 16 people detained at a rally in support of workers of the Ingeokom company who were not being paid their wages, which took place in Moscow near the government building.

[40] On 6 December 2017, police officers in Serpukhov (Moscow Oblast) drew up a report on Left Bloc activist Stanislav Kiryushkin under Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (violation by a participant of the procedure for holding a public event) due to his participation in a hunger strike for the closure of the Lesnaya solid waste landfill, which took place in a trailer a week earlier.

[42][43][44] On 9 February 2021, Left Bloc and Courier Union activist Kirill Ukraintsev received 5 days of arrest for a post calling for people to attend the trial of Azat Miftakhov.

[45] In December 2021, two members of the Left Bloc, Lev Skoryakin and Ruslan Abasov, were charged with hooliganism for holding a "Happy Chekist Day" banner near the Federal Security Service building in Moscow and were placed in pretrial detention.

[52] On 10 April, the media reported the detention of five members of the local cell of the extremist organization Misanthropic Division, who, according to law enforcement officials, were involved in the attack.

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Left Bloc activists at the 2016 May Day rally in Moscow