"After France issued the couple humanitarian visas to avoid them being deported to Russia, Alexei Ishimov, 31, arrived in Paris from Seattle on Monday morning, AFP correspondents saw. His 29-year-old wife Nadezhda, a former volunteer for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was expected to arrive on a separate flight from Miami, also on Monday morning. But she did not show up at the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport as planned."
"The couple eventually flew to Mexico and entered the United States in 2024. They were detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and sent to different detention centres as part of Trump's immigration crackdown. Alexei had spent nine months in detention in California and later in the state of Washington. In January 2025, he was released with an ankle bracelet."
France issued humanitarian visas to an anti-Kremlin Russian activist couple to prevent their deportation to Russia. Alexei Ishimov, 31, flew from Seattle to Paris and arrived Monday; his 29-year-old wife Nadezhda, a former volunteer for Alexei Navalny, failed to arrive on her separate flight from Miami. Olga Prokopieva of Russie-Libertes said Nadezhda was denied boarding because she held a laissez-passer rather than a passport. The couple fled Russia in 2022, reached the United States via Mexico in 2024, and were detained and separated by ICE under an immigration crackdown; Alexei was released in January 2025 with an ankle bracelet while Nadezhda has been held for about 21 months.
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