MOSCOW: A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison. Sergei Udaltsov, the leader of the Left Front movement that opposes Putin and is affiliated with the Communist Party, was arrested last year. According to Russian independent news site Mediazona, the charges against him stem from an article Udaltsov posted online in support of another group of Russian activists accused of forming a terrorist organization.

Sergei Udaltsov was sentence to six years in jail on Thursday

Sergei Udaltsov, Putin critic affiliated with the Communist party, convicted of justifying terrorism