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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn Political correspondent

UK minister rules out swap for Briton Vladimir Kara-Murza jailed in Russia

Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murz
Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza gestures from his glass cage in a courtroom during the announcement of the verdict on his appeal at the Moscow city court in Russia on 31 July 2023. Photograph: AP

A Foreign Office minister has ruled out a prisoner swap for the imprisoned Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza, a British citizen, who MPs have expressed concern about after the death of Alexei Navalny.

Kara-Murza’s wife was now adamant that she wanted everything to be done to get her her husband out of Russia, said the Conservative backbencher Bob Seely, who urged the government to countenance swapping imprisoned spies for the pro-democracy activist who was now the most high-profile Russian political prisoner.

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