| Exile or Jail: The Grim Choice Facing Russian Opposition Leaders |
| Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=60677"><span class="small">Anton Troianovski, The New York Times</span></a> |
| Monday, 30 August 2021 08:17 |
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Troianovski writes: "Experts say the current exodus of journalists and dissidents is the biggest wave of political emigration in the country's post-Soviet history."
Exile or Jail: The Grim Choice Facing Russian Opposition Leaders30 August 21
The steady stream of politically motivated emigration that had accompanied President Vladimir V. Putin’s two-decade rule turned into a torrent this year. Opposition figures, their aides, rights activists and even independent journalists are increasingly being given a simple choice: flee or face prison. A top ally of the imprisoned opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny left Russia this month, state media said, adding her to a list of dozens of dissidents and journalists believed to have departed this year. Taken together, experts say, it is the biggest wave of political emigration in Russia’s post-Soviet history. |
voking the dark era of Soviet repression, Russian politicians and journalists are being driven into exile in growing numbers.