Sergei Udaltsov | |
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Сергей Удальцов | |
Chairman of the Vanguard of Red Youth | |
Assumed office 4 May 1999 | |
Chairman of the Russian United Labour Front | |
Assumed office 22 February 2010 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sergei Stanislavovich Udaltsov 16 February 1977 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Political party | Russian United Labour Front Vanguard of Red Youth Left Front |
Spouse | Anastasia Udaltsova |
Children | Ivan (born 2002) Oleg (born 2005) |
Profession | Lawyer |
Sergei Stanislavovich Udaltsov (Russian: Серге́й Станиславович Удальцов; born 16 February 1977) is a Russian left-wing political activist. He is the unofficial leader of the Vanguard of Red Youth (AKM). In 2011 and 2012, he helped lead a series of protests against Vladimir Putin. In 2014 he was sentenced to 4¹⁄₂ years in a penal camp for organizing the May 2012 protest which ended in violence between the police and demonstrators.[1]