Moscow Interfax in Russian at 1039 GMT on 30 October 2005 reported that speakers at a Moscow rally to mourn the "victims of political repressions" have claimed survivors' rights are being neglected.

The agency quoted leader of the Yabloko party Grigoriy Yavlinskiy as telling the crowd that "today the victims of political represssions have found themselves in the most difficult situation. They can easily be humiliated and thrown out into the street."

"I have a large number of such examples. Only through joint action can they defend their rights and interests," the agency quoted Yavlinskiy as saying.

Citing law enforcement bodies, the agency said more than 2,000 people had attended the annual commemoration at the Solovetskiy Stone in Moscow's Lubyanka Square.

President of the Association of Victims of Political Repressions Sergey Volkov described the day as "one of the most tragic days in history", the report said.

In his address, he said "the rights of the victims of political repressions are being violated openly: they are failing to receive a large number of compensation payments and they get a miserable pension".

Moscow ITAR-TASS in Russian at 1036 GMT on 30 October 05 put the crowd in Lubyanka Square at "over 1,000".

The agency quoted from another part of Yavlinskiy's address: "`This day links us with the whole history of our country - no fewer than three generations became victims of the terror,' he noted. `We bow our heads before the memory of millions.'"

Moscow RIA news agency in Russian at 1143 GMT on 30 October 05 reported that 658,039 victims of political repressions had been rehabilitated by the Russian prosecution service since 1992.

The cases of more than 930,000 people who had been accused of "counterrevolutionary and particularly dangerous state crimes" had been investigated in that time, the agency said, quoting the information and public relations department of the Russian Prosecutor-General's Office.