# Exiled Russian politician: Public is turning against Putin’s war

https://mins.news/en/video/22479

- CNN, 2026-08-14 18:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asp928bm-Bg

> Russian anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin has fled Russia as authorities seek to stop him from running in upcoming parliamentary elections. Speaking from exile in France, he discusses why he believes the Russian public is turning against the war and what that could mean for the Putin regime. CNN also reports on exchanged strikes between Ukraine and Russia, including an attack on a children’s hospital in Kyiv.

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