Russian politician critical of Ukrainian war reportedly detained on US-Mexico border

A Russian politician who was critical of his country’s invasion of Ukraine is reportedly being held at the US-Mexico border, according to local Russian news.

Viktor Kamenshchikov, 31, was a Communist Party member of the Duma in the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok but stopped appearing for meetings shortly after his public rebuke of the 24 February invasion.

A recent report from a domestic news agency, however, has since placed the political dissident at the US-Mexico border.