Russia Detains Anti-War Candidate Over Social Media Post

Russia Detains Anti-War Candidate Over Social Media Post

Masked police briefly detained Boris Nadezhdin, a 63-year-old Russian politician and Ukraine war opponent, north of Moscow on July 13. The charge: sharing a YouTube link on his Telegram channel that authorities deemed "extremist." Released pending a July 17 hearing, Nadezhdin called the Kremlin's response "panic and chaos."

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