Russia on Monday sentenced Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in a high security prison on treason and other charges for criticising th...
MOSCOW - Russia on Monday sentenced Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in a high security prison on treason and other charges for criticising the Ukraine offensive.
Kara-Murza appeared in a cage, wearing blue jeans, a black T-shirt and grey blazer, an AFP journalist said. He smiled and gestured to his supporters to write to him in prison. "I subscribe to every word that I have said, that I am incriminated for today," Kara-Murza said in comments published by veteran journalist Alexei Venediktov.Kara-Murza over the years pleaded in the United States and Europe for the adoption of individual sanctions against Russian officials.AFP | Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova blasted the diplomats, implying they could be summoned to the ministry"so that they remember what diplomats should and should not do".
In August 2022, Kara-Murza was accused of being affiliated with an"undesirable organisation" for participating in a conference in support of political prisoners.In October, he was charged with treason over remarks critical of Moscow made at three public events abroad, his lawyer told the state-run TASS news agency.
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