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Date: 2022-08-01

Independent Lawmaker, Facing Charges, Flees Russia For Freedom For Her Unborn Child

Opposition lawmaker Khelga Pirogova, who fled Russia after a criminal case was opened on charges of "discrediting the armed forces,” tells RFE/RL she left because she could not allow her unborn child to begin life in jail. "Otherwise, I would have stayed. I was ready for interrogation and jail."

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