MOSCOW, Sept 26: Russian police detained 12 protesters and a journalist on Sunday after an anti-capitalist protest spilled over onto Red Square, a police spokeswoman said.

About 500 protesters waved red flags and chanted "Lenin, Stalin, death to the Bourgeoisie" as they marched through Moscow. A small group then ran onto Red Square near the Kremlin, scene of the Soviet Union's giant, choreographed demonstrations.

"Police detained 12 people from 'the Avant-garde of the Red Youth' (AKM) and one journalist for holding an unsanctioned protest. They were held for two hours and then released," said the spokeswoman for Moscow's police.

Many people, even young people who did not experience the Soviet Union, feel nostalgia for the, stability, healthcare and free education of communist times. Poverty has struck hard at some areas of the population.

The AKM was demonstrating against 'Social Terror' and some protesters waved banners blaming capitalism for militant attacks across Russia such as the mass hostage-taking in the town of Beslan where 320 people, half of them children, were killed. -Reuters