Russian War Critic Boris Nadezhdin Announces Departure from Russia

Kathmandu. Russian anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin, who was recently arrested outside Moscow, announced on Monday that he has left the country.He made this announcement in a video posted from Paris. He was barred from contesting parliamentary elections.Nadezhdin is considered one of the few politicians who openly criticize President Vladimir Putin and Moscow's invasion of Ukraine while remaining in the country.Almost all of Putin's critics are found to have died, been imprisoned, or gone into exile.Nadezhdin was arrested from Moscow while trying to contest the tightly controlled parliamentary elections in September.Last month, as his campaign intensified, authorities briefly arrested him on...