Pro-war Russian political activist ‘questioned over terrorism offences’

Sergei Udaltsov, Russian left-wing political activist attends a rally of communists party supporters marking the 106th anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution near Red Square, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Russian left-wing activist Sergei Udaltsov has been charged with justifying terrorism on social media, the state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian left-wing activist Sergei Udaltsov is being questioned over terrorism offences, his lawyer told the country’s state news agency Tass.

Udaltsov is the leader of the Left Front, a group of left-wing political parties who oppose President Vladimir Putin and are affiliated with Russia’s Communist Party.