Russia has summoned the ambassadors of the United States, Britain and Canada to the State Department. In the background, the diplomats’ declarations of solidarity with the Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Mursa, who was sentenced to prison.
Russia has summoned the ambassadors of the United States, Britain and Canada to the State Department. In the background, the diplomats’ declarations of solidarity with the Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Mursa, who was sentenced to prison.
The ambassadors are accused of “flagrant interference in the internal affairs of Russia”, according to the state news agency Interfax, quoting the agency. Diplomats had called for Kara-Mursa’s release outside the courthouse on Monday.
The Kremlin opponent was sentenced to an unprecedented 25 years in a camp for alleged high treason and discrediting the Russian military.
Human rights activists slammed the verdict against the 41-year-old, who had strongly criticized Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, as politically motivated. There was also strong criticism from abroad. After two poison attacks, the opposition MP is in poor health. His lawyers want to appeal the verdict.
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