UK sanctions follow Kara-Murza’s ‘Stalinist’ sentence
Britain on Friday sanctioned a Russian judge and four others linked to the arrest and alleged poisonings of Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza who was jailed for 25 years this week… Read more »
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Defiant Kremlin critic Kara-Murza shows price of speaking up in Putin’s Russia
Vladimir Kara-Murza has emerged as one of Russia’s most respected democratic opposition leaders and voice of conscience. He has been a major advocate for the adoption of Magnitsky-style sanctions in… Read more »
Russian dissident Kara-Murza wins Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize
Imprisoned Russian opposition figure and vocal Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza has been awarded the 2022 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, say reports: Awarded every year by the Parliamentary Assembly of the… Read more »
Kremlin critic Kara-Murza faces 10 year sentence on war ‘false info’ charges
Jailed Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza could face an additional 10 years in prison on newly unveiled charges of spreading “false” information about the Russian military, The Moscow Times reports. Kara-Murza,… Read more »
Kara-Murza demonstrates ‘you cannot equate Russia to its regime’
Evgenia Kara-Murza (above) from Daniel Lippman on Vimeo. The massive economic sanctions brought against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine have not only punished Russian elites — they have also prompted… Read more »
Wife of jailed Russian dissident addresses UN
Evgenia Kara-Murza, the wife of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, spoke today on behalf of UN Watch, a leading voice at the United Nations for human rights in Russia,… Read more »
Ideas matter: West’s ‘misreading of Russia is deep. Very deep’
Inside the Moscow courtroom where judges have just rejected Vladimir Kara-Murza’s appeal against his 25 year prison sentence. The Kremlin critic was convicted of treason in April. pic.twitter.com/i1ljaoY3V0 — Steve… Read more »
Putin’s crisis: Why Russia’s democracy ‘never began’
With Vladimir Putin facing down a mutiny, FRONTLINE examines how the Russian leader reached this moment of crisis (above). Veteran filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team examine the story of… Read more »
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy: Russia very, very afraid of…’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the Ukraine Recovery Conference (above) that “democracy paves the way for the rule of law”. He said resources and land were not the only… Read more »
Scenarios for Russia’s post-Putin future
Vladimir Putin still maintains a strong grip on power in Russia in spite of the Kremlin’s handling of the war and its myriad consequences for Russian society, according to Bruno… Read more »