Russian mathematician and blogger Mikhail Verbitsky, who was detained on 12 June in Armenia at the request of the Russian authorities, was able to leave the country and flew to Israel. His lawyer, Vache Simonyan, told Meduze about this. According to counsel, Verbitsky is now in Tel Aviv. It was previously reported that, following his release from custody, the Armenian authorities prevented him from crossing the border because he remained at the …