Overview
- The request was delivered at the Second Western District Military Court, seeking a maximum-security colony term under Article 205.2.
- The charge centers on an article, its reposts, and a Left Front news item, and Udaltsov tells reporters he does not admit guilt.
- Five Ufa Marxist circle members, whose case his texts discussed, were sentenced on December 16 to prison terms ranging from 16 to 22 years.
- The investigation was opened on December 15, 2023; he was detained on January 11, 2024, placed in pretrial custody the next day, and added in February to the federal “terrorists and extremists” list.
- Hearings were reassigned after a judge previously handling the case became a criminal suspect in an unrelated incident, and defense lawyers have signed nondisclosure agreements.