Sergei Udaltsov

Sergei Udaltsov
Сергей Удальцов
Udaltsov in 2018
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

(1977-02-16) 16 February 1977 (age 47)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyRussian United Labour Front
Vanguard of Red Youth
Left Front
SpouseAnastasia Udaltsova
ChildrenIvan (born 2002)
Oleg (born 2005)
ProfessionLawyer

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]

  1. ^ Andrew Roth (24 July 2014). "Russia: 2 Activists Sent to Prison Colony". The New York Times.