DOLGOPRUDNY, Russia - A Russian court fined anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin $13 on Friday for displaying “extremist symbols”, delivering the ruling moments after paramedics performed a cardiogram on him in court because of his extreme high blood pressure.
The 63-year-old, an outspoken critic of the Ukraine war, faced the charges over a 2023 video he reposted showing an image of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is regarded an “extremist” in Russia.