Recently, the name of Sergei Udaltsov has been increasingly appearing in the news and on the pages of periodicals. However, some citizens still do not really know who he is and why he is so often placed under administrative arrest for 15 days.
Sergei Udaltsov is one of the most prominent representatives of the opposition. He is the coordinator of a left-wing radical organization called the Left Front and the leader of the Vanguard of the Red Youth movement. In addition, Udaltsov coordinates the Council of initiative groups of Moscow - a movement of social activists in the capital who are fighting against targeted construction and various violations of environmental laws. At the same time, the opposition does not belong to any political party.
Sergei Udaltsov was born in Moscow on February 16, 1977. He became interested in politics as a student. At the age of 20, Sergei became a member of the Labor Russia movement, led by communist Viktor Anpilov. Subsequently, Udaltsov was a member of the executive committee of this movement. A year after that, he participated in the election of deputies of the State Duma. However, he never got into parliament, since his bloc was not able to overcome the five percent electoral threshold.
After that, Udaltsov organized and headed the "Vanguard of the Red Youth". This movement was the youth wing of Labor Russia. In 2004, he split his political views with Anpilov, and the "Vanguard of the Red Youth" began to be considered the wing of the CPSU Oleg Shein.
In 2005, the opposition supported the idea of creating a new movement called the Left Front. Udaltsov took an active part in the process of its formation. In the same year, he again ran for deputy, this time in the Moscow Duma on the list of the Communist Party. However, he did not become a parliamentarian again. In 2007, Sergey left the ranks of the CPSU. Since then, he is considered non-partisan.
Recently, Udaltsov was mentioned in the Russian press as a rather active participant in street opposition protests, which was repeatedly delayed by law enforcement officials. According to Udaltsov himself, he was detained more than a hundred times at various demonstrations, rallies and placed under administrative arrest.
He was one of the organizers of the so-called "March of Millions", which took place in the Russian capital on May 6-7, 2012 and was dedicated to the protest against the inauguration of Vladimir Putin. Udaltsov favors building socialism in the country, but through the democratization of the "bourgeois revolution." He believes that computer technology and the Internet will make democracy direct. He considers "plutocrats" the main enemies of Russia. By this word, Udaltsov means a small group of rich people in whose hands there is real power.
