MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 7: Russian Communist Party Leader Gennady Zyuganov attends a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution on November 7, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Police detained a number of Russian communist supporters who tried to burst through a police line to access Moscow's Red Square during the anniversary military parade watched by some 6,000 spectators. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 7: Russian Communist Party Leader Gennady Zyuganov attends a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution on November 7, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Police detained a number of Russian communist supporters who tried to burst through a police line to access Moscow's Red Square during the anniversary military parade watched by some 6,000 spectators.

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  1. MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 12: Russian Comminists Party Leader Gennady Zyuganov speaks to the press during an annual address given by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to the Federal Assembly on November 12, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Medvedev has called to refocus its economy away from energy and heavy industry towards information technology, telecommunications and space.
  2. MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 7: Russian Communist Party Leader Gennady Zyuganov is seen during a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution on November 7, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Police detained a number of Russian communist supporters who tried to burst through a police line to access Moscow's Red Square during the anniversary military parade watched by some 6,000 spectators.
  3. Russian Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov takes part in the march in Moscow on November 07, 2009, marking the 92th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's brutal Communist overthrow of the Tsarist empire, an event casting long shadows as Russians gear up for next month's legislative polls. Since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union Russia has stopped holding lavish celebrations to commemorate the seizure of Saint Petersburg' Winter Palace by Bolshevik forces on October 25, 1917, which under the present-day calendar corresponds to November 7.
  4. BARVIKHA, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 24: Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) greets Russian Communist Party Leader Gennady Zuganov during a meeting with the leaders of political parties presented in Russia's State Duma, at the presidential residence in Meiendorf castle October 24, 2009 in Barvikha outside Moscow, Russia. According to reports Medvedev is willing to change election laws after objections claiming they favor the pro-Kremlin party. The meeting comes in the wake of The Nationalist Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), Fair Russia and the Communist Party walking out of parliament earlier this week in protest against the disputed regional elections.

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  1. MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 7: Russian Communist Party Leader Gennady Zyuganov attends a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution on November 7, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Police detained a number of Russian communist supporters who tried to burst through a police line to access Moscow's Red Square during the anniversary military parade watched by some 6,000 spectators.
  2. MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 7: Russian Communist Party Leader Gennady Zyuganov attends a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution on November 7, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Police detained a number of Russian communist supporters who tried to burst through a police line to access Moscow's Red Square during the anniversary military parade watched by some 6,000 spectators.
  3. MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 7: Russian Communist Party Leader Gennady Zyuganov attends a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution on November 7, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Police detained a number of Russian communist supporters who tried to burst through a police line to access Moscow's Red Square during the anniversary military parade watched by some 6,000 spectators.
  4. MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 7: Russian Communist Party Leader Gennady Zyuganov attends a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution on November 7, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Police detained a number of Russian communist supporters who tried to burst through a police line to access Moscow's Red Square during the anniversary military parade watched by some 6,000 spectators.
  5. MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 7: Russian Communist Party Leader Gennady Zyuganov is seen during a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution on November 7, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Police detained a number of Russian communist supporters who tried to burst through a police line to access Moscow's Red Square during the anniversary military parade watched by some 6,000 spectators.
  6. MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 7: Russian Communist Party Leader Gennady Zyuganov is seen during a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution on November 7, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Police detained a number of Russian communist supporters who tried to burst through a police line to access Moscow's Red Square during the anniversary military parade watched by some 6,000 spectators.
  7. MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 7: Russian Communist Party Leader Gennady Zyuganov is seen during a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution on November 7, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Police detained a number of Russian communist supporters who tried to burst through a police line to access Moscow's Red Square during the anniversary military parade watched by some 6,000 spectators.
  8. MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 7: Russian Communist Party Leader Gennady Zyuganov is seen during a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution on November 7, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Police detained a number of Russian communist supporters who tried to burst through a police line to access Moscow's Red Square during the anniversary military parade watched by some 6,000 spectators.
  9. Russian Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov takes part in the march in Moscow on November 07, 2009, marking the 92th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's brutal Communist overthrow of the Tsarist empire, an event casting long shadows as Russians gear up for next month's legislative polls. Since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union Russia has stopped holding lavish celebrations to commemorate the seizure of Saint Petersburg' Winter Palace by Bolshevik forces on October 25, 1917, which under the present-day calendar corresponds to November 7.
  10. BARVIKHA, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 24: Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) greets Communist Party Deputy Secretary Ivan Melnikov (C) and Communist Party Leader Gennady Zuganov (R) during a meeting with the leaders of political parties presented in Russia's State Duma, at the presidential residence in Meiendorf castle October 24, 2009 in Barvikha outside Moscow, Russia. According to reports Medvedev is willing to change election laws after objections claiming they favor the pro-Kremlin party. The meeting comes in the wake of The Nationalist Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), Fair Russia and the Communist Party walking out of parliament earlier this week in protest against the disputed regional elections.
  11. BARVIKHA, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 24: Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) greets Communist Party Deputy Secretary Ivan Melnikov (C) and Communist Party Leader Gennady Zuganov (R) during a meeting with the leaders of political parties presented in Russia's State Duma, at the presidential residence in Meiendorf castle October 24, 2009 in Barvikha outside Moscow, Russia. According to reports Medvedev is willing to change election laws after objections claiming they favor the pro-Kremlin party. The meeting comes in the wake of The Nationalist Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), Fair Russia and the Communist Party walking out of parliament earlier this week in protest against the disputed regional elections.
  12. BARVIKHA, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 24: L-R: Russian politicians, Communist Party Leader Gennady Zuganov, State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov and Liberal-Democracy Party Leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky arrive for2 a meeting with the leaders of political parties presented in Russia's State Duma, at the presidential residence in Meiendorf castle October 24, 2009 in Barvikha outside Moscow, Russia. According to reports Medvedev is willing to change election laws after objections claiming they favor the pro-Kremlin party. The meeting comes in the wake of The Nationalist Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), Fair Russia and the Communist Party walking out of parliament earlier this week in protest against the disputed regional elections.
  13. BARVIKHA, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 24: Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) greets Russian Communist Party Leader Gennady Zuganov during a meeting with the leaders of political parties presented in Russia's State Duma, at the presidential residence in Meiendorf castle October 24, 2009 in Barvikha outside Moscow, Russia. According to reports Medvedev is willing to change election laws after objections claiming they favor the pro-Kremlin party. The meeting comes in the wake of The Nationalist Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), Fair Russia and the Communist Party walking out of parliament earlier this week in protest against the disputed regional elections.
  14. MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 12: Russian Comminists Party Leader Gennady Zyuganov speaks to the press during an annual address given by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to the Federal Assembly on November 12, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Medvedev has called to refocus its economy away from energy and heavy industry towards information technology, telecommunications and space.
  15. Communists protesters listen to their leader Gennady Zyuganov, not seen, during a protest against the policy of city authorities on the eve of city elections in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. About 1,500 Communists and other government opponents rallied in a central Moscow square to protest alleged fraud in nationwide local elections earlier this month. The Communists and other minority parties have returned to parliament after a walkout last week over the elections that increased the pro-government party United Russia's control over politics.
  16. Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov, second right, speaks during the protest against the policy of city authorities on the eve of city elections in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. About 1,500 Communists and other government opponents rallied in a central Moscow square to protest alleged fraud in nationwide local elections earlier this month. The Communists and other minority parties have returned to parliament after a walkout last week over the elections that increased the pro-government party United Russia's control over politics.

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