How an Asylum Seeker in U.S. Custody Ended Up in a Russian Prison
- Posted on August 15, 2025
- By The New Yorker
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How an Asylum Seeker in U.S. Custody Ended Up in a Russian Prison

Eighteen months after an activist fled Russia to avoid persecution, an appeals court found that he lacked a “well-founded fear or clear probability of future persecution.”