Reuters —
Russian anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin said on Monday that he had left the country for the time being, weeks after Moscow designated him a “foreign agent” and disqualified him from running in a parliamentary election.
“Hi everyone! I have some good news. I’m alive and free. Unfortunately, I’m not in Russia at the moment,” Nadezhdin, standing in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, said in a short video posted on Telegram.
“Right now, I need to get my bearings and figure out what to do next. I’ll write about my plans later.”
Nadezhdin, 63, a former liberal lawmaker, has been an outspoken critic of Moscow’s war in Ukraine but — like some other opposition politicians — had tried to work within the rules of Russia’s tightly controlled political system to be able to continue to voice his views publicly.
