2023-07-31 19:35:27
– London sanctions six Russians involved in the conviction of opponent Kara-Mourza
The United Kingdom announced on Monday sanctions against six Russians “who played a leading role in the deplorable conviction” of opponent Vladimir Kara-Mourza, sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison.
Posted today at 9:35 p.m.
Vladimir Kara-Murza during the reading of the verdict on Monday.
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The United Kingdom announced on Monday sanctions against six Russians “who played a leading role in the deplorable conviction” of opponent Vladimir Kara-Mourza, who has dual nationality, for whom a Moscow court validated a sentence of 25 years in prison for “treason”.
London said it had sanctioned three judges, two prosecutors and an expert witness for the prosecution for their role in this “politically motivated” decision, in the midst of a repression of voices critical of the Russian offensive in Ukraine. Mr. Kara-Murza is “persecuted by the Russian regime because of his anti-war position”, estimated London.
British Foreign Minister James Cleverly has called for his immediate release. “The rejection of Vladimir Kara-Mourza’s appeal after his conviction on fanciful charges highlights the perversion of the Russian regime,” Cleverly added. “Today we have sanctioned six people involved in his case, sending a clear message that the UK will not tolerate any of its citizens being treated like this,” he said.
A record sentence
The sentence handed down to Mr. Kara-Murza, who was one of the last major Kremlin critics not to be behind bars or exiled abroad, is the heaviest imposed on an opponent in the recent history of the country. He is also in very poor health, according to his supporters, as a result of poisonings he suffered in the past.
The opponent was sentenced in April for “high treason”, spreading “false information” about the Russian army and illegal work for an “undesirable” organization. This condemnation of Mr. Kara-Mourza had been denounced as being “politically motivated” by the United States and as “scandalously severe” by the European Union.
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