‘They followed me all the way to the airstairs’: Human rights lawyer Ivan Pavlov explains leaving Russia after the authorities made his job impossible

Earlier this month, "Team 29" founder and human rights lawyer Ivan Pavlov fled Russia and moved to the Republic of Georgia to escape felony prosecution for supposedly disclosing classified evidence from the treason case against former journalist Ivan Safronov, whom Pavlov was defending. Under the terms of the charges against Pavlov, he was prohibited from using the Internet or any mobile connection -- even to communicate with his client. Now that he's emigrated, Pavlov can speak to whomever he likes, and he agreed to tell Meduza why he left, when he hopes to return, and what he plans to do next. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/09/09/they-followed-me-all-the-way-to-the-airstairs