Zhirinovsky has called for the arrest of Communists at the mausoleum

The leader of LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky has suggested to arrest members of the Communist party, if they are in the birthday of Vladimir Lenin April 22, will take part in the traditional laying flowers at the mausoleum on red square despite the epidemiological situation. This year the Communists are celebrating 150-summer anniversary from the birthday of the founder of the Soviet state.

"We all need to be in isolation. And if the Communists refuse to comply with these General terms and still go to the mausoleum (the more, they can join some irresponsible citizens to the participation in promotions just to walk on red square), we offer their entire delegation to arrest and ultimately to dissolve and ban the Communist party" – quoted in Saturday Zhirinovsky’s words a press-party service.

The liberal democratic party also appeals to law enforcement agencies calling for "strictly prohibit these actions because this is a flagrant violation of the rule of law in the period of epidemic".

The Communist party is the statement of the leader of the liberal Democrats explained, "anti-Soviet" policy position.

"We understand the attitude of Mr. Zhirinovsky and his party of Lenin, to Stalin, to the Soviet era – there is nothing to comment on, Sovietism rolls.

We will be your events, of course, to hold from the point of view of a strict observance of the current legislation, sanitary-epidemiological norms and rules. The ceremony in Moscow will take part the state Duma in compliance with all rules of distance, security measures and so on", – said TASS Deputy Chairman of the CPRF Central Committee, Deputy Yuri Afonin.

He stressed that laying flowers to the mausoleum would not be in the nature of a mass rally to pay tribute to the revolutionary possible throughout the day on April 22 at different points of the city.

"in Moscow and throughout the country many monuments to Vladimir Lenin and the associated memorials. Therefore, on an individual basis, in accordance with applicable law and with observance of necessary documents, our activists and supporters, sympathizers, can apply and lay flowers, for example, the monument to Lenin on Kaluzhskaya square or somewhere else. And across the country, every citizen has the right under observance of the legislation to honor the memory of this great man", – said A. Afonin.

Earlier, first Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on education and science, MP from the Communist Oleg Smolin said that the party decided to postpone a large-scale celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Lenin in the autumn of coronavirus.