The harshest prison sentence since Stalin’s time.
Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in jail in Russia for charges linked to his criticism of the war in Ukraine. He was a close ally of Boris Nemtsov, who was murdered near the Kremlin in 2015. This is his courtroom statement on April 10, 2023:
Regretting I could not do more.
Mr Kara-Murza’s 25-year sentence, which has been widely condemned, was the maximum sought by prosecutors and is the longest sentence an opposition figure has received since the war in Ukraine began.
It took only minutes for the judge to rule on his case – sometimes the delivery of verdicts and announcing sentencing can take a long time in Russian courts.
April 10, 2023
Addressing the court: ‘Our society will open its eyes and stand in horror’
He is one of the major political opponents of the current Russian regime and he survived two previous attempts to poison him (ABC News report).
The following interview is from the Washington Post.
I am going back to Russia from abroad. I am Russian and I believe in what I do.
Article written in jail – 2023 – printed by Meduza:
At the heart of Christianity, there is a rejection of violence
