Anti-war activists Aikhal Ammosov and Natalya Narskaya, two Russian passport holders who are in an Almaty pretrial detention center, have received asylum-seeker status in Kazakhstan, their lawyer said on November 2. Adam Murat is representing the two in their battle to avoid extradition to Russia, where they face charges over their opposition to the Kremlin's war against Ukraine. Murat said the status does not give his clients actual asylum, but it does suspend the decision to extradite them. To read the original story by Current Time, click here.
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