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Oppositionist and Russian journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a pre-trial detention center for a year on charges of high treason and two other criminal charges, a Russian court today
Oppositionist and Russian journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a pre-trial detention center for a year on charges of high treason and two other criminal charges, a Russian court today sentenced him to 25 years in prison.
“To sentence Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison. serve in a maximum security prison with subsequent restriction of freedom for one year and six months, ”says the ruling read out by judge Sergei Podoprigorov.
Conviction of a well-known dissident raised great expectations and gathered about a hundred journalists and diplomats in the building of the Moscow City Court, according to the digital portal Mediazona.
In my last speech last week Kara-Murza assured that he “regrets nothing” and that he “loves Russia”, according to his lawyer Maria Eismont.
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The court also ordered a fine of 400,000 rubles (about $5,000) on the opponent and banned him from journalism for seven years.
Kara-Murza, 41, was found guilty of high treason. a crime punishable by imprisonment for up to 20 years, dissemination of false information about the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine, and cooperation with a non-governmental organization recognized by Russian justice as undesirable.
Thus, the judge satisfied the demand of the prosecutor’s office, which he requested in respect of Kara-Murza. 25 years in prison.
The defense has already announced this. appeal this verdict.
Several dozen independent journalists previously demanded the release of Kara-Murza in a letter blaming the accusations as “unfounded” and “cynical” and the lawsuit opened against an opponent as political.
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“Kara-Murza is a real patriot who, in the first days of the war, already spoke out against Russian aggression (…). But today in Russia it is a crime to advocate for peace and an end to the war,” they said.
They denounced the current trial as “a shining example” Russia’s return “to the Stalinist practices of political terror” and call on the authorities to try murderers and criminals, not honest and responsible citizens.
Recently, the opponent’s lawyers recognized as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty Internationalreported that Kara-Murza was diagnosed with polyneuropathy of the lower extremities in prison as a result of two poisonings that he suffered in 2015 and 2017.
According to the Bellingcat investigative team, he was previously monitored by the same FSB unit. who later poisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who, in turn, is serving eight years in prison.
In October 2022 he was awarded the Order Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2022 issued by the Council of Europe.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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