Leader dell’opposizione russa condannato a sei anni di carcere | Sergei Udaltsov, critico di Putin affiliato al partito comunista, condannato per aver giustificato il terrorismo

>Sergei Udaltsov, the leader of the Left Front movement that opposes Putin and is affiliated with the Communist party, was arrested last year.

>According to the court ruling, the activist will be serving his sentence in a **maximum security penal colony**.

>Udaltsov was a prominent opposition figure during **the 2011-12 mass protests in Russia**, triggered by reports of widespread rigging of a parliamentary election.

Wild how “opposition” in Russia can include people who cheerlead the invasion and still get jailed. Authoritarianism really just eats everyone. Following independent Russian/Ukrainian journalists helps keep this stuff in perspective.