RUSSIAN communists vowed today to continue their fight against state corruption after authorities raided Moscow party offices and detained a number of leading cadres.

The party headquarters was part-occupied by police during Saturday’s operation which followed accusations of ballot-rigging in the recent parliamentary elections. 

“They surrounded them on all sides — emergency exits, windows, and so on,” Pavel Ivanov said, explaining that authorities were looking for organisers of Saturday’s protest against the alleged fraud.