A Putin critic leaves Russia after he is barred him from running for parliament

Opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin says he’s left Russia and posted a video from the Eiffel Tower in Paris saying he’s “alive and free.”
He had been barred from presidential and parliamentary races after being labeled a “foreign agent” and fined over alleged “extremist” symbols.
His exit highlights Russia’s wider crackdown on dissent and comes as public fatigue with the war and economic pain grows.