The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir KaraMurza

Moscow jails activist for 25 years for opposing Ukraine war

Vladimir Kara-Murza had been charged with high treason and spreading false information to discredit Russian army

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2023

Kremlin critic Kara-Murza, after 25-year sentence: 'Russia will be free'

Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza, on being sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges including treason, said "Russia will be free", a Russian opposition slogan.

Reuters · Apr 17, 2023

Who is Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza?

Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza was convicted of treason by a Moscow court on Monday and sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Reuters · Apr 17, 2023

Defiant Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza likens his case to Stalin’s show trials

Russian opposition figure facing up to 25 years in jail tells Moscow court he stands by all of his political statements

The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2023

In defiant speech, Kremlin critic Kara-Murza likens his trial to Stalin's USSR

Facing up to a quarter of a century in jail on treason charges he denies, Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza told a Moscow court on Monday his trial recalled one of Josef Stalin's show trials in the 1930s and said he had done nothing wrong.

Reuters · Apr 10, 2023

Russian prosecutors request 25 years for politician accused of treason

Russian prosecutors on Thursday requested a 25-year prison sentence for opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, who is on trial in a closed court on charges including treason, his lawyer said.

Reuters · Apr 6, 2023

Activists, everyday Russians and a soldier punished for war talk

Almost 500 Russians have been charged under wartime censorship laws. We look at 12 cases.

Al Jazeera · Mar 24, 2023

US sanctions Russian officials over dissident's detention

The U.S. has imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on five Russian officials and an expert witness involved in the incarceration of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition politician who has been imprisoned in Moscow since April for speaking out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023

Russia's year of war: Purge of critics, surge of nationalism

In the year since Russia invaded Ukraine, there has been a broad government crackdown that has silenced opposition to the war

The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2023

Head of Vladimir Putin’s secret poison labs fired after criticising war in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin has removed Colonel-General Eduard Chernovoltsev from in charge of NII-2 FSB, a notorious research institute which develops deadly poisons against enemies

Daily Mirror · Dec 27, 2022