The World - News from June 6, 1988

Members of a newly formed Soviet opposition group, along with Armenians and Crimean Tatars, shouted slogans and waved banners as they marched down one of Moscow’s main streets under police escort. The demonstrators first gathered in Pushkin Square near the center of Moscow with placards reading “Free Political Prisoners” and “We Want a Multi-Party System.” About 50 police officers used megaphones to keep the marchers out of the way of traffic but did not interfere until the demonstration reached Soviet Square, some 300 yards from the Kremlin walls. At the square, police prevented the protesters from going farther but allowed them to hold a meeting.