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Russia Refuses Passport to Opposition Politician Freed in Last Year’s Prisoner Exchange

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Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was part of the August 2024 prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries, said Thursday that the Russian authorities have refused to issue him a passport for foreign travel. He shared a scanned copy of the official denial, which he received at the Russian Embassy in the United States. According to the document, Kara-Murza is barred from leaving Russia on the grounds of “evading obligat…

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The Russian Embassy in the United States refused to issue a foreign passport to Vladimir Kara-Mourza, who was released last year in...

The Russian Embassy in Washington denied the opposition policy of Vladimir Kara-Murza to issue a Russian foreign passport, which he reported on his Facebook page, a document published by a politician stating that such a decision had been taken in connection with the restriction of his right to leave Russia. "In fact, by circumventing a direct constitutional ban (art. 6, para. 3), the Putin regime returned the Soviet practice of depriving politic…

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Mediazona broke the news in on Thursday, August 7, 2025.
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