Russia is hunting down exiled citizens at an alarming rate [View all]

Source: Semafor

Russia is hunting down exiled citizens at an alarming rate

Paige Bruton and Diego Mendoza
Updated Sep 24, 2024, 8:40am EDT
Europe

Russia is quietly targeting exiled citizens across the world in a repression campaign that deserves more global attention, an investigative reporter for Meduza argued in The New York Times.

Moscow began targeting high-profile opposition figures and journalists after its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, but low-profile Russian dissenters, from school teachers to toy-shop owners, have also been surveilled or kidnapped in several countries.

“The Kremlin is hunting down ordinary people across the world, and nobody seems to care,” Lilia Yapparova wrote, noting the lack of protection for Russians abroad and that host countries are often complicit.

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