Overview
- The 48-year-old is to serve the term in a high-security penal colony, one year less than prosecutors sought.
- Udaltsov announced an indefinite hunger strike after the verdict and condemned the ruling in remarks reported by Meduza.
- He intends to challenge the conviction on appeal after spending since January 2024 in pre-trial detention.
- Details of the case remain secret, with Meduza linking the prosecution to his article on a Marxist group recently given 16–22 year sentences in Ufa.
- A prominent protest leader from 2011–2013, he has criticized Vladimir Putin while publicly backing Russia’s war in Ukraine.