Russian opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin has left Russia after authorities blocked his bid to stand in September's parliamentary election, marking the departure of one of the last public critics of the war in Ukraine who had remained inside the country. His announcement came in a video posted on Telegram from Paris, where he stood in front of the Eiffel Tower.

Opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin announced Monday that he has left Russia, days after he was forced to suspend his bid to run in parliamentary elections this September amid…

Opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin, a critic of the war in Ukraine, has left Russia after crackdown that barred him from running in this year's parliamentary election.