The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow arrested Sergei Udaltsov, coordinator of the Left Front movement, for 10 days because of a collective appeal to the Presidential Administration by those who disagreed with the amendments to the Constitution. Udaltsov himself reported this to OVD-Info.
The activist was found guilty under the article on organizing an uncoordinated public event (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The application to the AP took place on July 4, and the report on Udaltsov was drawn up only in September. According to Udaltsov, citizens submitted their applications to the Presidential Administration on an individual basis, but the police considered this a mass event.
“It was a submission of applications to the Presidential Administration. I also filed, but everything was quiet and peaceful there. Then a protocol was drawn up retroactively, and the trial took place almost six months later. This is an artificially created situation. I think this is due to the intention to tighten supervision over me, ”said Udaltsov.