Hislawyerssaid that he is too old and frail to pose aflight-riskor to threatenpotentialwitnesses, and asked that he be placed under house arrestuntilhis trial begins, probably next year.
On Saturday, investigators asked that Mr Udaltsov beplacedunder house arrest by the court in Moscow's Basmanny district because he had not been exhibiting good behaviour and had not co-operated with them.