Presidential Administration of Russia
On 3 June 2021 Gudkov was released from his prison and on 6 June 2021 he left Russia for Ukraine. In his Facebook post Gudkov explained that he received credible threats from the Presidential Administration of Russia that "otherwise the fake criminal case will continue until his arrest". The following day Gudkov stated on Ukrainian television that he soon would join his parents in Bulgaria. Gudkov's father, and fellow opposition leader, Gennady Gudkov relocated to Varna in 2019 in what he claimed to be "a precautionary measure."