According to Alexei Melnikov, general secretary of the Moscow POC, the leader of the “Left Front” Sergei Udaltsov, arrested on charges of legitimizing terrorism, is in a quarantine cell at the pre-trial detention center in Moscow. . RIA Novosti noted that the POC representative had no complaints about the conditions of Udaltsov’s detention.
Udaltsov said that he received letters and packages, and that his neighbor in the cell was the defendant in the case titled “Robbery”. According to the human rights activist, Udaltsov’s cell has a kettle, refrigerator, TV and access to a library with books. Udaltsov is allowed to take daily walks.
Before that, Udaltsov was repeatedly detained for participating in uncoordinated actions and demonstrations, and in the summer of 2014 he was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for organizing a riot on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow in May 2012.
On January 12, the defense of the “Left Front” coordinator Sergei Udaltsov https://www.socialbites.ca/social/news/2024/01/12/22099795.shtml object to his arrest. Udaltsov does not accept the accusations against him. He stated that the reason for the persecution was his posts on social networks supporting members of the Marxist circle in Ufa.
Previously the court in Moscow appointed The leader of the “Left Front” works 40 hours a day.