In a recent interview with the BBC, Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition activist and journalist, shared his harrowing experience of believing he would die in a Russian prison. Sentenced to 25 years for treason, Kara-Murza, a critic of Vladimir Putin’s regime, was unexpectedly freed in the largest East-West prisoner exchange and taken to Germany. He described the ordeal of solitary confinement and his disbelief at being released, emphasizing the importance of prisoner exchanges in saving lives. Now in exile, Kara-Murza remains hopeful for a democratic Russia despite the current war on Ukraine.
- Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to 25 years in a Russian prison on charges of treason for his criticism of Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine.
- He was released to Germany in the biggest ever East-West prisoner exchange, reuniting with his family after two and a half years.
- During his imprisonment, Kara-Murza spent 11 months in solitary confinement, losing sense of time, space, and almost all human contact.
- The prisoner exchange that freed him and other dissidents was defended by Kara-Murza as a means to save human lives, despite criticism.
- Now in exile, Kara-Murza believes in the future democratization of Russia, emphasizing that change will come, but Putin must lose the war on Ukraine first.
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