“The day will come when darkness will disappear from our country” – one of Russia’s most famous opposition politicians faces a 25-year prison sentence

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Vladimir Kara-Murza, who survived two poisoning attempts, will be sentenced today in a Moscow court. He is accused of treason because he criticized Russia’s military actions in Ukraine.

A famous president Vladimir Putin an opponent of the regime and the war in Ukraine Vladimir Kara-Murza will be sentenced today in a Moscow court.

The 41-year-old former journalist Kara-Murza is accused of treason after he criticized Russia’s military actions in Ukraine.

In addition to Russia, Kara-Murza has British citizenship. He has been warning Western countries about Putin for a long time, and demanded that they impose sanctions on Russia.

Kara-Murza has compared the trial Stalin’s to the show trials organized by the regime of terror in the 1930s.

– Criminals are expected to regret their actions. But I have been imprisoned for political reasons. The day will come when the darkness will disappear from our land, he said in his final speech at the trial.

Kara-Murza, a father of three, has already survived two poisoning attempts.

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