08.12 Communist Lawmaker Attacked in Moscow Restaurant

MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti) – The Communist Party's deputy with Russia’s lower house of parliament reported to Moscow police Saturday that he had been beaten at a restaurant in the capital’s downtown.

Lawmaker of the State Duma Denis Voronenkov, 42, told the officials that a man attacked him while he was dining on Friday night, the city police reported on Saturday.