Members and supporters of the Russian Communist Party unveil a monument to Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth, amid COVID-19 outbreak, in the town of Sayansk in Irkutsk region, Russia. REUTERS/Evgeny Kozyrev

MOSCOW: Dozens of Russian communists defied Moscow's coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday by marching across Red Square to lay flowers outside Vladimir Lenin's tomb to mark 150 years since the birth of the Bolshevik leader.