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Anna Smolchenko, Michaela Cancela-Kieffer and Stuart Williams

Freed Putin Critic Recounts 'Miracle' Release In Historic Swap

It has been around six weeks since leading Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza swapped his prison long-johns and rubber flip flops for sharp suits, but he says he is still adjusting to reality (Credit: AFP)

It has been around six weeks since Vladimir Kara-Murza swapped his prison long-johns and rubber flip flops for sharp suits, but the major opponent of the Kremlin says he is still adjusting to reality.

Kara-Murza was on August 1 released in the largest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War, along with 15 other Russian dissidents and foreign nationals. He had been serving a 25-year sentence on treason and other charges after denouncing Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

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