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Russian opposition activist Sergei Filenko was twice found guilty of "discrediting" Russia's military -- and paid his fine in cash that he marked up with anti-war slogans. Shortly before Finland closed its borders to Russian tourists, he fled to the Nordic country, where he is now seeking asylum.
Boris Bondarev, the country’s most high-profile official to resign because of the war, believes that Russia’s standing in the world is beyond repair.
Denis Skopin, an associate professor at St. Petersburg State University, was recently fired from the prestigious institution for opposing Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
As the only woman who does the transhumance -- the yearly seasonal migration of livestock from the highlands of Tusheti to the winter pastures of Vashlovani in eastern Georgia -- Tinatin Ididze cuts an unconventional character in Tusheti's male-dominated mountain culture.
A young ethnic Russian man opened a free “Kazakh-language club” in Almaty in April for a few dozen people aspiring to learn the state language. The club was instantly popular and has since expanded to 10 branches in Kazakhstan as thousands of Russian-speakers are learning Kazakh.