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Russian Opposition Politician Flees to France

Boris B. Nadezhdin, 63, appeared in a video standing in front of the Eiffel Tower. He said he was “alive and free, but, unfortunately, not yet in Russia.”

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Boris Nadezhdin, a Russian opposition politician, at his home in Moscow in June. His departure means antiwar Russians have one fewer advocate in the country’s ever-shrinking public sphere.
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Improvised Bomb Kills 3 at an Upscale Moscow Restaurant

Among the victims of the explosion, which also injured 21 people, were a security guard and a woman who the authorities say had arrived with the suspicious package.

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Law enforcement officers outside the Balzi Rossi restaurant after an explosion in Moscow on Saturday.
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Russia and Ukraine Trade Deadly Blows With Missiles and Drones

Ukrainian strikes set fire to warehouses and other sites in Russia, and Russian bombing rocked Ukraine’s capital, as the two countries escalated an air campaign.

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A New Target for Ukraine’s Long-Range Attacks: Russia’s Version of Amazon

Kyiv is escalating its air war by striking commercial warehouses, trying to bring the conflict closer to home for ordinary Russians.

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Smoke rising from a fire at a Wildberries logistics complex in Elektrostal, near Moscow, on July 18, after a Ukrainian drone attack.
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A Russian Political Battle Ends With a Visit From Masked Men

Boris B. Nadezhdin, an outspoken opponent of the war in Ukraine, says he knows why he was detained: “Among our leadership, there is panic and chaos.”

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Boris B. Nadezhdin at home in June.
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