Russia Charges Leftist Activist Udaltsov With ‘Justifying Terrorism’

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
he was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for organizing protests that resulted in clashes with police on the eve of President
He was released in August 2017.Early Wednesday, Udaltsovwrote on the messaging app Telegram that police were trying to break into his
home.The activist's lawyer Violetta Volkova on Thursday told the state-run TASS news agency that authoritiesseized his personal electronic
devices.She did not say which of Udaltsov's social media posts might have led authorities to charge him with justifying terrorism.Officials
face up to seven years in prison if found guilty of justifying terrorism.During a closed hearing on Friday, Moscow's Basmany Court ordered