INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sverdlin, a former head of the Nochlezhka homeless aid charity
three years.Sverdlin, who fled Russia shortly after the invasion began in 2022, ridiculed the designation
He said his nonprofit has helped nearly 1,500 soldiers desert the Russian army and assisted nearly 43,000 men in avoiding conscription
Russian, authorities on Friday added publisher Alaya Bukva, analyst Alexandra Prokopenko, as well as journalists Ksenia Kiriya, Andrei
law in 2012, more than 900 journalists, cultural figures, businesspeople, organizations and news outlets have been branded with the label,
which carries strong Soviet-era connotations of espionage.Russian authorities have continued to tighten restrictions on those branded as
royalties.Mack Tubridy contributed reporting.
