The court arrested the coordinator of the “Left Front” Sergei Udaltsov for 30 days

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow arrested the coordinator of the “Left Front” Sergei Udaltsov for 30 days. about this on Twitter. wrote His wife Anastasia Udaltsova

The court found the Left Front coordinator guilty of repeated violation of the rules of public events (Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). The protocol was drawn up because of the rally of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation against raising the retirement age, which took place on Academician Sakharov Avenue on July 28.

"Left Font" was one of the co-organizers of the action. According to the White Counter project, more than 12 thousand people came to the rally. At the same time, the police reported 6.5 thousand participants. The event took place without arrests.

In June, the government introduced throughout Russia began a bill to the State Duma to raise the retirement age, and protests . On July 19, the State Duma adopted the bill in the first reading. It provides that for men the retirement age will be raised by five years, for women - by eight.