Independent #Russia outlet @Meduza_En on long imprisonments of #AlexeiNavalny and #VladimirKaraMurza

"It’s important to remember that these sentences are nothing more than elaborate murder attempts"

UK sanctions 5 #Russia officials involved in the 25-year prison sentence of dissident #VladimirKaraMurza

#UkraineWar

UK sanctions 5 #Russia officials involved in the 25-year prison sentence of dissident #VladimirKaraMurza

#UkraineWar

#VladimirKaraMurza, sentenced on Mon. to 25 years in prison, thanks supporters

" [#Russia leaders] think they’re masters of eternity! You’ll see: this eternity will be over soon"

To wife Evgenia: "We'll definitely see each other soon"

#UkraineWar

One of Russia’s Loudest Antiwar Voices Has Been Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison https://truthout.org/articles/one-of-russias-loudest-antiwar-voices-has-been-sentenced-to-25-years-in-prison/

'A defiant Vladimir Kara-Murza said his “self-esteem went up” after a judge on Monday announced his sentence for speaking out against the Russian government and its invasion of Ukraine: 25 years of incarceration in a penal colony, the lengthiest sentence handed down to a high-profile critic of President Vladimir Putin.

“I realized that I did everything right; 25 years is the highest score that I could get for what I did, what I believed in as a citizen, as a patriot, as a politician,” Kara-Murza reportedly told his attorney, Maria Eismont. “So, I did everything right.”'

#VladimirKaraMurza #journalism #Russia #VladimirPutin #abuse

La solerzia #USA e #UK a indignarsi per #VladimirKaraMurza.
Ci sta.
Così come sono bravissimi a scordarsi sempre, ma sempre sempre di #JulianAssange.
La parola "ipocrisia" spiegata bene.
(D.)
#FreeJulianAssange #FreeJulianAssangeNOW

Peaceful words spelled jail time
A nation's voice silenced unjustly
Crime of free speech denied

#vladimirkaramurza #freespeech #russia #opposition #haiku #poetry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65297003

#VladimirKaraMurza's wife says UK response to his 25-year sentence is "weak"

"Expressions of concern are no longer enough because Vladimir’s health is deteriorating. Introducing sanctions v. his perpetrators would be a very practical step that I would very much like to see"

#France and #Norway Foreign Ministries join condemnation of #Russia authorities imposing a 25-year prison sentence on dissident #VladimirKaraMurza

#UkraineWar

"In their last statements to the court, defendants usually ask for an acquittal. For a person who has not committed any crimes, acquittal would be the only fair verdict. But I do not ask this court for anything. I know the verdict. I knew it a year ago when I saw people in black uniforms and black masks running after my car in the rearview mirror. Such is the price for speaking up in Russia today."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/10/vladimir-kara-murza-final-statement-court/

#VladimirKaraMurza #Russia #UkraineWar #FreePress

UN human rights head calls on #Russia to free #VladimirKaraMurza after dissident given 25-year prison sentence earlier Monday

"No one should be deprived of their liberty for exercising their human rights, and I call on the Russian authorities to release him without delay"

#Russian Opposition Activist Gets 25 Year Prison Sentence https://politicaliq.com/2023/04/17/russian-opposition-activist-gets-25-year-prison-sentence/ #VladimirKaraMurza #KaraMurza #Russia #UkraineRussiaWar #RussianArmy #Navalny #Kremlin #Putin #politicaliq #news #politics

Solidarity with #VladimirKaraMurza and other political prisoners in #Russia.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/17/moscow-jails-vladimir-kara-murza-for-25-years-for-opposing-ukraine-war?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

When criticism is treated and sanctioned as #treason, #authoritarianism has been established. Sentencing #VladimirKaraMurza to 25 years in prison is plenty of proof that war-mongering #Putin has become #Russia's #dictator - and that happened years ago.

Original toot from @NewsBot

Kremlin Critic Convicted of Treason for Criticizing Putin’s Invasion

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/17/world/russia-ukraine-news

UK summons #Russia Ambo over "politically motivated" 25-year sentence of #VladimirKaraMurza

London has sanctioned judge that presided over trial for involvement in human rights violations, & iconsidering further measures v those involved in Kara-Murza “detention & mistreatment”

Vladimir Putin must fear Kara-Murza's influence.

But we also see revenge by a corrupt judge.

- Kara-Murza was a key figure in lobbying Congress to pass the U.S. Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act in 2016. ... One of the judges had been sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act.

@NPR #UkraineWillWin #Ukraine #russia #putinIsaWarCriminal #VladimirKaraMurza #FreeVKM #MagnitskyAct #corruption

As expected, #Russia dissident #VladimirKaraMurza sentenced to 25 years in prison after closed-door hearing

In final statement, compares case to Soviet show trials of Stalin era but concludes: "I know there will be day when this darkness clears away in our country"

#UkraineWar

Facing 25 years in prison #vladimirkaramurza remarks "as a historian, this is an occasion for reflection." Adam Tooze, (who I wish would join us on #Mastodon), offers a beautiful tribute to him and to the reasons we study history in his latest post

#Histodons

https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-208-as-a-historian-the

Deeply moving statement by #vladimirkaramurza in his show trial in #Russia for opposition to #UkraineWar and his hope despite the depths to which his country has sunk.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/10/vladimir-kara-murza-final-statement-court/

I've had the privilege of meeting @vkaramurza several times. He is a most remarkable, inspirational person. Free #VladimirKaraMurza now! https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jailed-putin-critic-vladimir-kara-murza-russia-ukraine-war-2023-5pvclmzrn https://nitter.hongkongers.net/benedictrogers/status/1646061434655129601#m