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Boris Nadezhdin, Russia’s most prominent war critic still living in the country, has fled to Paris after being barred from running in parliamentary elections and slapped with a “foreign agent” label — a move that underscores Moscow’s escalating crackdown on dissent as public frustration over the Ukraine war and economic strain mounts. Once poised to challenge the Kremlin’s grip on power, Nadezhdin’s departure marks a turning point in Russia’s shrinking political space, echoing the exodus of other opposition figures since 2022.

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