In Novosibirsk, after searches, the leader of the Communist Party (International) was arrested. The leader of the RCP (i) Sergey Krupenko is in the first investigative department of the Investigative Committee, according to preliminary information, he is going to be released on his own recognizance, former deputy of the Novosibirsk City Council Svetlana Kabrazina reported on social networks, 7x7 noted. It is not known what case the search is related to. Also, Krupenko's party member, Oleg Metzler, who tried to organize a rally in Novosibirsk for the day of the October Revolution, was arrested, but the authorities refused him. Svetlana Cabrezina reports that he was brought to the same investigative department. According to information from the lawyer, when Metzler was taken inside, he managed to shout that he was being tortured. A year ago, on the same day, RCP(i) activists were arrested for laying flowers on Heroes of the Revolution Square in Novosibirsk.