A group of activists of the radical National Bolshevik Party stormed the Health Ministry headquarters on August 2 to protest the government’s plan to replace Soviet-era benefits with cash payments. Protestors were detained by the police after they seized one of the ministry’s offices shouting antigovernment slogans from the window and waving flags. In a statement released by the NBP following their detention, the party said its members were savagely battered by FSB officers at the Tverskoye police department.
In an interview to Gazeta.Ru, Eduard Limonov, a novelist, leader and founder of the NBP, comments on the incident.
