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FILE - Andrei Pivovarov, former head of the Open Russia opposition group, gestures inside a defendants’ cage in court in Krasnodar, Russia, on June 2, 2021. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Andrei Pivovarov, former head of the Open Russia opposition group, gestures inside a defendants’ cage in court in Krasnodar, Russia, on June 2, 2021. (AP Photo, File)

Andrei Pivovarov, a Russian dissident freed in the historic East-West prisoner swap on Aug. 1, poses for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Andrei Pivovarov, a Russian dissident freed in the historic East-West prisoner swap on Aug. 1, poses for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Andrei Pivovarov, Russian dissidents freed in the historic East-West prisoner swap, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Andrei Pivovarov, Russian dissidents freed in the historic East-West prisoner swap, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Andrei Pivovarov, a Russian dissident freed in the Aug. 1 East-West prisoner swap, right, and his wife, Tatyana Usmanova, pose for a photo before an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Andrei Pivovarov, a Russian dissident freed in the Aug. 1 East-West prisoner swap, right, and his wife, Tatyana Usmanova, pose for a photo before an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Andrei Pivovarov, a Russian dissident freed in the historic East-West prison swap on Aug. 1, left, and his wife, Tatyana Usmanova, speak during an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Andrei Pivovarov, a Russian dissident freed in the historic East-West prison swap on Aug. 1, left, and his wife, Tatyana Usmanova, speak during an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Andrei Pivovarov, a Russian dissident freed in the historic East-West prisoner swap, right, and his wife, Tatyana Usmanova, pose for a photo before an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Andrei Pivovarov, a Russian dissident freed in the historic East-West prisoner swap, right, and his wife, Tatyana Usmanova, pose for a photo before an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Andrei Pivovarov, a Russian dissident freed in the historic East-West prisoner swap on Aug. 1, left, and his wife, Tatyana Usmanova, speak during an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Andrei Pivovarov, a Russian dissident freed in the historic East-West prisoner swap on Aug. 1, left, and his wife, Tatyana Usmanova, speak during an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Tatyana Usmanova, the wife of freed Russian dissident Andrei Pivovarov, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Tatyana Usmanova, the wife of freed Russian dissident Andrei Pivovarov, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Tatyana Usmanova, the wife of freed Russian dissident Andrei Pivovarov, poses for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Tatyana Usmanova, the wife of freed Russian dissident Andrei Pivovarov, poses for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Andrei Pivovarov, a Russian dissident freed in the historic Aug. 1 prisoner swap, poses for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Andrei Pivovarov, a Russian dissident freed in the historic Aug. 1 prisoner swap, poses for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

FILE - Opposition activist Andrei Pivovarov attends a rally to collect signatures against the results of a referendum on amendments to the Russian constitution in Moscow, Russia, on July 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

FILE - Opposition activist Andrei Pivovarov attends a rally to collect signatures against the results of a referendum on amendments to the Russian constitution in Moscow, Russia, on July 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

FILE - Freed Russian prisoners Ilya Yashin, Andrei Pivovarov and Vladimir Kara-Murza, from left, enter a news conference in Bonn, Germany, on Aug. 2, 2024, a day after they were released as part of an East-West prisoner swap. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

FILE - Freed Russian prisoners Ilya Yashin, Andrei Pivovarov and Vladimir Kara-Murza, from left, enter a news conference in Bonn, Germany, on Aug. 2, 2024, a day after they were released as part of an East-West prisoner swap. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)