FILE PHOTO: Andrei Pivovarov, chief of Open Russia opposition group, attends a forum of independent members of municipal councils in Moscow, Russia March 13, 2021. P Kommersant Photo/Alexander Miridonov via REUTERS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Jailed Russian opposition activist Andrei Pivovarov has registered as a candidate for next month's parliamentary election, his team said on Thursday, even though multiple other Kremlin critics have been disqualified.
The former head of Open Russia, a now defunct group linked to exiled former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was removed from a plane and detained in St. Petersburg in May.
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