BRUSSELS, April 17 – The European Union has condemned the verdict against Vladimir Kara-Murza *, who was found guilty of treason and spreading false ideas about the Russian military, Peter Stano, the EU’s official representative of the diplomatic corps, told a press briefing in Brussels.
The Moscow City Court sentenced Kara-Murza * to 25 years in a strict regime colony for treason and spreading false ideas about the Russian army.
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“We strongly condemn this cruel and exorbitant punishment because it is 25 years in prison for political reasons. This is unacceptable,” Stano said.
According to the investigation, Kara-Murza * in the House of Representatives of the US state of Arizona “out of political hatred” announced “deliberately false information about the use of the Russian Armed Forces for bombing residential areas, maternity hospitals, hospitals and schools.” in Ukraine.
Later, a second criminal case was initiated against him – about work in a “foreign or international non-governmental organization, in connection with which a decision was made to recognize it as undesirable.”
The third and most serious charge is the charge provided for in Article 275 “Treason” of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the penalty for which is up to 20 years in prison. He has been commissioned for three episodes: Speeches at the NATO Council, at the Helsinki Commission in Oslo and in the United States.
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All three cases were combined into one procedure, and the investigation was conducted by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. As the lawyer of Kara-Murza * Vadim Prokhorov told the News Agency, this is the first time that the Investigative Committee of the RF investigates a case of treason – everything else is being done by the FSB.
* Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. * A member of the opposition movement in Russia, a regular guest at various “democratic forums” in Europe and the United States, the son of the famous journalist and dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza (1959-2019).
* An individual acting as a foreign agent.
The British ambassador demanded the abolition of Kara-Murza’s sentence *
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