He was one of the last public opponents of the Kremlin or a refugee abroad. A Moscow court on Monday (April 17th) sentenced rival Vladimir Kara-Moursa to 25 years in prison. “Harsh Ruled Colony” From February 24, 2022, the first day of the invasion of Ukraine, against the background of the overall repression in Russia, for many accounts, including “high treason”.
At the end of a closed-door hearing, the court found Mr Kara-Moursa guilty of “high treason” (Art. 275 of the Russian Criminal Code) and “public dissemination of false information”. Russian Army” (Art. 207.3, II), and “conducting activities of a foreign or international non-governmental organization declared undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation” (Art. 284.1, I). The 41-year-old, a long-time opponent of President Vladimir Putin, faces the most serious charges he has ever faced. As punishment, he was given the cumulative sentence required by the prosecution, including a fine of 400,000 rubles (4,480 euros) and a seven-year ban on journalistic activity.
He was arrested in April for condemning the invasion of Ukraine
A Russian dissident was arrested in Moscow in April 2022 for speaking out against Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. “Not only do I not regret any of it, I’m proud of it.”, he began in his last statements. He said that he was looking forward to that day “Those who started and started this war, not those who tried to stop it, will be recognized as criminals”.
Mr. Nemtsov, close to leading opponent Boris Nemtsov, was assassinated in 2015. Kara-Mourza, one of the last critics of the Kremlin still on Russian soil, has not been jailed.
His trial was held behind closed doors as Russia passed a law criminalizing the “public dissemination of deliberately false information about the Russian military” shortly after sending troops to Ukraine. Officials used the law to stifle criticism of the Kremlin’s calling “Special Military Operation”.
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