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   NEWS OF THE DAY:

   Anti-war critic barred from #Russian election:

   Boris Nadezhdin has been denied a chance to appear on Russia's presidential ballots next month.

   The former lawmaker had sought to run on a platform that pursued peace with #Ukraine

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     Tucker leaves Moscow:

     Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has left the Russian capital according to #Russia 's state media, which cited a photo of Carlson on a flight to Belgrade.

     The Kremlin had confirmed that Carlson had interviewed #Putin

     The conversation is expected to be released today.

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     The defining moment came when they searched his phone.

     "They saw my photos from [church] services, they probably realized that I was just an ordinary citizen,” he said.

     None of the photos would be useful for espionage purposes.

     “So the Russians just said ‘Run home.”’

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     Read the full article to learn more about the challenges that Protestants face on the #Russia -occupied territories.

     Follow along through the link in the bio.

     It's free!

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     Since Russia's invasion began in 2014, occupiers have put pressure on Protestant communities, while favoring Orthodox churches that were subordinate to the Moscow Patriarchate and, in turn, to Moscow.

     Protestants were the victims of 34 % of persecution events, reports ISW.

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     Tymur ended up in captivity only because of a desire to help a friend.

     When the full-scale invasion broke out in 2022, he begged Russian troops to take a congregant with cancer to the hospital.

     But rather than assist his friend, they detained him and began interrogating him.

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     Tymur feared for his life.

     "There were corpses of our Ukrainian soldiers lying at the entrance to this Russian base, and no one had cleaned them up,” Tymur said.

     “And I realized that it was no problem for them to shoot me."

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     Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Thursday, 08-Feb-2024 23:40:23 JST Tim Mak

     Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in #Ukraine's hands

     "I was told...if they found out that I was really a spy, they would shoot me here."

     But Tymur was not a spy - or even a soldier.

     He was a Protestant - a religious group that faces persecution in Russian-occupied Ukraine.