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Russian leftist Sergei Udaltsov charged with conspiracy
Source: BBC
26 October 2012 Last updated at 09:23 GMT
Russian leftist Sergei Udaltsov charged with conspiracy
Russian leftwing opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov has been charged with plotting mass disorder, and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
Speaking before he was charged at the Investigative Committee (SK), a federal police agency modelled on the FBI, he said he had committed no crime.
"Putin regime on trial here," he wrote on Twitter. "Come to SK to back me & other political prisoners!"
Two other activists are already in custody over the same allegations.
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Russian leftist Sergei Udaltsov charged with conspiracy
Russian leftwing opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov has been charged with plotting mass disorder, and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
Speaking before he was charged at the Investigative Committee (SK), a federal police agency modelled on the FBI, he said he had committed no crime.
"Putin regime on trial here," he wrote on Twitter. "Come to SK to back me & other political prisoners!"
Two other activists are already in custody over the same allegations.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20093232