For decades, Moscow has sought to silence its critics abroad
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A look at other regime opponents who fled abroad, believing that exile would keep them safe: LEON TROTSKY Leon Trotsky, a key figure in the Bolshevik Revolution and once seen as a likely successor to Vladimir Lenin as leader of the Soviet Union, lost a battle for power with Josef Stalin and fled the country. GEORGI MARKOV Bulgarian journalist Georgi Markov defected to the West in 1969 and was a harsh critic of his country's pro-Moscow Communist regime, broadcasting commentaries on the BBC and Radio Free Europe. Evidence reviewed by the court alleged that Krasikov had been employed by a Russian security agency, but Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called allegations of Russian involvement “absolutely groundless.” MAKSIM KUZMINOV In August 2023, pilot Maxim Kuzminov flew a Russian Mi-8 military helicopter to Ukraine, saying he wanted to defect. The head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, said Kuzminov became a “moral corpse” as soon as he started planning “his dirty and terrible crime.” Kremlin spokesman Peskov said Feb. 20 that he had no information on the death.
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For decades, Moscow has sought to silence its critics abroad
Associated PressNerve agents, poison and window falls. Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed over the years
Associated PressNerve agents, poison and window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed
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Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed
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