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Udaltsov convicted of justifying terrorism

In December 2025 a Russian military court convicted Left Front coordinator Sergei Udaltsov of justifying terrorism online and sentenced him to six years in a high-security penal colony.

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In December 2025 a Russian military court convicted Left Front coordinator Sergei Udaltsov of justifying terrorism online and sentenced him to six years in a high-security penal colony. The charge concerned a Telegram post supporting members of a Marxist reading group in Ufa accused of terrorism. He went on hunger strike after his arrest.

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  • Sergei Udaltsov

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    Udaltsov convicted of justifying terrorism. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.tass.com — sourcetass.com · verified
  2. 2.themoscowtimes.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: udaltsov+terrorism · verified
  3. 3.pbs.orgchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: udaltsov+terrorism · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Udaltsov convicted of justifying terrorism. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/udaltsov-terrorism-justification-sentence-2025

https://factrail.ai/facts/udaltsov-terrorism-justification-sentence-2025

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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