After the death of Alexei Navalny, a prominent opponent of Russian President Putin, in jail a few months ago, the health of another Kremlin opponent has deteriorated in jail. This has caused a stir in Russia. Putin opponent Kara Murza is considered a strong critic of the Russian attack on Ukraine. He was arrested only after the attack on Ukraine.
Tallinn: After the suspicious death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, another Kremlin critic’s health has suddenly deteriorated in jail. This has created a stir in Russia. Let us tell you that the imprisoned Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza is considered a major critic of the Kremlin. He has been in jail for a long time and is currently ill. However, after meeting Kara Murza, his lawyer said that his health is “relatively stable”.
The team of lawyers of Murza, who has a rebellious attitude against the Kremlin (Russia’s President’s Office), said on Wednesday that Kara was kept in solitary confinement for a long time in jail. Russian-British citizen Kara-Murza (42) is serving a 25-year prison sentence on charges of treason. He has rejected the charges against him, calling them politically motivated. The charges against him stemmed from public comments harshly criticizing the Kremlin.
Kara Murza was arrested after the invasion of Ukraine
Kara Murza was arrested in April 2022, a few weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine. According to Kara-Murza’s wife Evgenia and lawyer Vadim Prokhorov, his lawyers tried to visit him last Thursday at Prison Colony No. 6 in the Siberian city of Omsk, where he was serving his sentence, but were told that Kara-Murza had been transferred to a prison hospital for an unspecified “investigation.” Prokhorov said in an online statement on Tuesday that for several days after that they were not allowed to see the politician due to “fake excuses” from hospital staff. Prokhorov said in a new statement that on Wednesday one of Kara-Murza’s lawyers finally managed to meet him. The lawyer said his health is relatively stable at the moment. (indiatv)
