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- Boris Nadezhdin announced he has left Russia while filming beside the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
- He suspended his September State Duma candidacy after authorities barred him and the Supreme Court invalidated over 9,000 signatures.
- In July a Russian court fined Nadezhdin 1,000 rubles ($13) for displaying extremist symbols.
- Earlier that month officials designated him a foreign agent, a status that blocks public-office bids.
