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Boris Nadezhdin, a prominent Russian opposition figure and vocal critic of Putin’s war in Ukraine, has fled Russia for Paris — alive and free, but no longer inside the country. Once one of the few high-profile dissenters still living in Russia, he was slapped with “foreign agent” status and fined for extremism, which barred him from running in September’s parliamentary elections. His presidential bid earlier this year was also scrapped after the Supreme Court invalidated thousands of his signatures. Despite facing detention, travel bans, and crackdowns, Nadezhdin kept pushing his message — until now. His departure is part of a troubling trend: more critics and activists fleeing as Russia tightens its grip on dissent since the 2022 invasion.

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