Yara Kadulina left Russia more than a decade ago, but fear followed her across the ocean.
“Most of us ran away from Russia, or don’t go back to Russia, because a lot of us are afraid of something there,” she said. “Fear extends to those abroad…. I’m in a same-sex relationship. A lot of the time, I’m afraid to put it on paper.”
That’s why she has so much respect for a man who did go back. Opposition figure Alexei Navalny returned to Russia in 2021 after he was treated in Germany for the effects of poisoning. He was arrested at the airport and
