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Russian Dissident Faces Deportation Amid Claims of Threat

10/22/2025

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Eduard Glezin, a Russian dissident who fled to the United States in 2014, faces deportation to Moscow.
At 51, he is a prominent anti-Putin activist with 15 arrests for protesting.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) rejected his asylum application, claiming he hallucinates about his experiences and sees no threat in Russia.
Glezin said deportation would hand him to a repressive regime that poses a deadly threat.

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Story summary

Eduard Glezin, a Russian dissident who fled to the United States in 2014, faces deportation to Moscow.
At 51, he is a prominent anti-Putin activist with 15 arrests for protesting.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) rejected his asylum application, claiming he hallucinates about his experiences and sees no threat in Russia.
Glezin said deportation would hand him to a repressive regime that poses a deadly threat.