As early as 1918, Leon Trotsky had ordered the machine-gunning of Anarchist party headquarters; by the time of Steimer's arrival, the suppression and liquidation of anarchist and other' dissident elements' was already in progress.
As early as 1918, Leon Trotsky had ordered the liquidation, via machine-gun, of the staff of the Anarchist party headquarters in Moscow. By the time of Steimer's arrival, the mass suppression and liquidation of anarchist and other' dissident elements' was already in progress.