INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
criticized the invasion of Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin, the politician told The Moscow Times on Thursday.Sergei Medvedev said he
faced backlash from inside his party and from Russian pro-war groups after he shared a post on the social media network VKontakte that was
critical of Moscow's decision to invade its neighbor."I want the war to end! I want to see Russia free from Putin's shackles," read the
him.Russia's Communist Party expelled Medvedev last week after the Perm City Duma and law enforcement agencies sent a request to the party
left Russia due to fears of legal punishment and moved to "a safe location," adding that he had no regrets about publically taking a stance
Moscow, explained in a phone interview
"I said that there is a war going on and I condemned it
publically criticize the war or spread so-called "fakes" about what the Kremlin insists on calling a "special military operation."Since the
Armed Forces, as well as more than 270 criminal cases for spreading "fakes" about the war.
