PoliticsFormer political prisoner says security officers tore pages from his passport after Belarus returned him to Russia
Former political prisoner Ivan Lyubshin told RusNews that pages 9–12 were torn from his passport, making it invalid. He believes Russian border guards and Kaluga anti-extremism officers did this so he “wouldn’t escape again.” After Belarusian border guards returned him to Russia while he was trying to leave, authorities opened a criminal case over alleged evasion of court-ordered supervision, and prosecutors requested a seven-month sentence.
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Former political prisoner says security officers tore pages from his passport after Belarus returned him to Russia