FILE PHOTO: Russian satirist Viktor Shenderovich speaks in a court build after he was detained protesting in support of opposition leader Garry Kasparov, in Moscow November 29, 2007.REUTERS/Grigory Dukor
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian political satirist and Kremlin critic Viktor Shenderovich said on Tuesday he had left Russia fearing that a criminal case for slander would be opened against him after authorities designated him as a "foreign agent".
The 63-year old did not say where he had gone and was not immediately reachable. A slew of Russians have fled in the past year, including supporters of jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny and several journalists.
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