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Boris Nadezhdin

Former State Duma deputy Boris Nadezhdin was detained in the Moscow region. He was recently added to the 'foreign agent' registry for allegedly spreading fakes about the Russian government.

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LAST UPDATED · OCT 21, 2026

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Russia · Art. 207.3 · military "fakes"
Russia · Art. 280.3 · "discrediting" the army
Russia · Art. 205.2 · justification of terrorism
Russia · Art. 275 · high treason
Russia · Art. 275.1 · confidential cooperation with a foreign state
Russia · Art. 205.5 · participation in a terrorist organization
Russia · Art. 282.2 · participation in an extremist organization
Russia · Art. 280 · calls to extremism
Russia · Art. 354.1 · rehabilitation of Nazism
Russia · Art. 205 · terrorist act
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