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Vladimir Kara-Murza delivered these remarks on Monday at the closing session of his trial in Moscow:
Members of the court: I was sure, after two decades spent in Russian politics, after all that I have seen and experienced, that nothing can surprise me anymore. I must admit that I was wrong. I’ve been surprised by the extent to which my trial, in its secrecy and its contempt for legal norms, has surpassed even the “trials” of Soviet dissidents in the 1960s and ’70s. And that’s not even to mention the harshness of the sentence requested by the prosecution or the talk of “enemies of the state.” In this respect, we’ve gone beyond the 1970s — all the way back to the 1930s. For me, as a historian, this is an occasion for reflection.
At one point during my testimony, the presiding judge reminded me that one of the extenuating circumstances was “remorse for what [the accused] has done.” And although there is little that’s amusing about my present situation, I could not help smiling: The criminal, of course, must repent of his deeds. I’m in jail for my political views. For speaking out against the war in Ukraine. For many years of struggle against Vladimir Putin’s dictatorship. For facilitating the adoption of personal international sanctions under the Magnitsky Act against human rights violators.
Not only do I not repent of any of this, I am proud of it. I am proud that Boris Nemtsov brought me into politics. And I hope that he is not ashamed of me. I subscribe to every word that I have spoken and every word of which I have been accused by this court. I blame myself for only one thing: that over the years of my political activity I have not managed to convince enough of my compatriots and enough politicians in the democratic countries of the danger that the current regime in the Kremlin poses for Russia and for the world. Today this is obvious to everyone, but at a terrible price — the price of war.
In their last statements to the court, defendants usually ask for an acquittal. For a person who has not committed any crimes, acquittal would be the only fair verdict. But I do not ask this court for anything. I know the verdict. I knew it a year ago when I saw people in black uniforms and black masks running after my car in the rearview mirror. But I also know that the day will come when the darkness over our country will dissipate. When black will be called black and white will be called white; when at the official level it will be recognized that two times two is still four; when a war will be called a war, and a usurper a usurper; and when those who kindled and unleashed this war, rather than those who tried to stop it, will be recognized as criminals. This day will come as inevitably as spring follows even the coldest winter. And then our society will open its eyes and be horrified by what terrible crimes were committed on its behalf.
From this realization, from this reflection, the long, difficult but vital path toward the recovery and restoration of Russia, its return to the community of civilized countries, will begin.Even today, even in the darkness surrounding us, even sitting in this cage, I love my country and believe in our people. I believe that we can walk this path.
[Opinion:: Vladimir Kara-Murza’s last statement to Russian court: A reckoning will come ::: WAPO]
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"I’ve been sleeping with my phone since dreading yet another call of that sort.
“I believe that my husband’s life is in danger as are lives of many other political prisoners... These people are kept behind bars, very often with serious medical conditions, with no proper medical treatment.”
Yevgeniya Kara-Murza, the wife of imprisoned Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza, responding to the murder of Alexei Navalny on February 16. Her own husband's health has suffered since he was imprisoned for exposing Russian war crimes in Ukraine. He is said to suffer from polyneuropathy, which was caused after he was poisoned twice with the banned chamical nerve agent, Novichok.
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Vladimir Kara-Murza sentenced to 25 years
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The Legacy Of Alexei Navalny -- A Man Of Courage
Few political dissidents in Russia have escaped Vladimir Putin’s evil wrath. Alexei Navalny could have sought refuge outside of Russia after he recovered from an attempted assassination by poisoning in 2020, but instead he chose to return to Russia and keep fighting the evil regime, even knowing that he was putting his life on the line and would likely eventually be targeted again. And he was,…
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Say My Name
Putin’s critics have long noted his obstinate refusal to publicly utter the name of imprisoned opposition politician Alexei Navalny. But on Sunday, when asked by loyalist journalist Andrei Kolesnikov about Moscow theater director Zhenya Berkovich and Moscow leftist Boris Kagarlitsky, both of whom have been arrested on flagrantly trumped-up charges of “condoning terrorism,” Putin claimed never to…
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Vězeň svědomí - Richard Rouz
Roman N: Teď rezonuje případ Kara-Murzy, který dostal 25 let. Ale co je za svinský režim v Rusku dokreslují i případy, které svět už spíše "nevidí". Richard Rouz, Rus, 37 let. Repostnul video o zločinech ruské armády v Buče. Sebrali ho už 14. dubna 2022, FSB ho ihned zmlátila, aby z něj dostali heslo k telefonu. Pokračování zde →
Závěrečná řeč ruského historika Kara-Murzy u soudu
Občané soudci!
Byl jsem přesvědčen, že po dvou desetiletích v ruské politice; po tom všem, co jsem viděl a zažil, mě už nemůže nic překvapit. Musím přiznat, že jsem se mýlil. Přes všechno mě překvapilo, že z hlediska míry diskriminace a uzavřenosti vůči obhajobě předčil můj soud v roce 2023 i „procesy“ se sovětskými disidenty v 60. a 70. letech. Nemluvě o výši požadovaného trestu a rétorice užívající slovo „nepřítel“, to už nejsme ani v 70. letech – to jsou 30. léta. Pro mě jako pro historika – důvod k zamyšlení. Pokračování zde →
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Ambasada Rusiei la Washington, despre declarațiile administrației SUA în cazul V. Kara-Murza: E timpul ca elitele de la Washington să înceteze interferența lor grosolană în afacerile noastre interne
Ambasada Rusiei în Statele Unite ale Americii precizează că a luat notă de declarațiile înflăcărate ale administrației americane cu privire la decizia presupus motivată politic a instanței ruse care l-a condamnat pe Vladimir Kara-Murza la 25 de ani de închisoare.
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I’ve been surprised by the extent to which my trial, in its secrecy and its contempt for legal norms, has surpassed even the “trials” of Soviet dissidents in the 1960s and ’70s.
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But I also know that the day will come when the darkness over our country will dissipate. When black will be called black and white will be called white; when at the official level it will be recognized that two times two is still four; when a war will be called a war, and a usurper a usurper; and when those who kindled and unleashed this war, rather than those who tried to stop it, will be recognized as criminals.
(на русском здесь)
Related: “Who Is Vladimir Kara-Murza, The Russian Activist Jailed For Condemning The Ukraine War?” by Todd Prince (17 April 2023) at rferl.org
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El valiente alegato del político ruso condenado a 25 años de prisión por oponerse a la guerra
Kara-Murza alertó del «peligro que representa el actual régimen del Kremlin»
La Federación Rusa ha completado hoy su regreso al estalinismo con la condena a 25 años de prisión del político opositor Vladimir Kara-Murza.
25 años de prisión por oponerse a la invasión de Ucrania
Según comunicó la agencia rusa Interfax esta mañana, el Tribunal de la Ciudad de Moscú condenó al político…
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Russia had invaded Ukraine and made it a crime to call it a war. Thousands of protesters had been arrested. Vladimir himself was a sworn opponent of President Vladimir Putin and an outspoken critic of atrocities committed by his military.
Still, the opposition activist insisted on being in Russia.
Now he has been locked up and charged with treason and Evgenia has not been allowed to speak to him since April.
But in a series of letters to me from Detention Centre No. 5, Vladimir - who has twice been the victim of a mysterious poisoning - says he has no regrets, because the "price of silence is unacceptable".
Opposing President Putin was dangerous even before the invasion, but since then the repression of dissent has intensified. Almost all prominent critics have either been arrested or left the country. Even so, the treatment of Vladimir is especially harsh.
All the charges against him are for speaking out against the war and against President Putin and yet his lawyer calculates he could spend 24 years behind bars.
"We all understand the risk of opposition activity in Russia. But I couldn't stay silent in the face of what's happening, because silence is a form of complicity," Vladimir explains in a letter from his cell.
He felt he could not stay abroad either. "I didn't think I had the right to continue my political activity, to call other people to action, if I was sitting safely somewhere else."
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“There has always been a surplus of servitude and a deficit of freedom in Russia. We value those who grovel, which is why Russia remains a ‘nation of slaves and princes’ to this day. Russia has a great number of people of talent, yet they lack the possibility to apply their talents. I think that progress in Russia is inextricably linked with personal freedom, which is the key to success.”
The words of Boris Nemtsov, one of Russia's most talented, honest, and bravest politicians.
It was in this month nine years ago that Nemtsov was gunned down in front of the Kremlin. The murderers were able to escape thanks to the CCTV being deliberately turned off for the several minutes when the attackers descended from their vehicle and shot Nemtsov repeatedly.
As with the murderers of so many other Russian dissidents, the Russian state has refused to hold the murderers accountable. That is because, as usual, the murderer was Vladimir Putin.
Nemtsov worked alongside Alexei Navalny in the early 2010s. In February 2015, Alexei Navalny was in prison based on fabricated charges. When he learned that Nemtsov was murdered, he quickly identified the culprits: the Kremlin. As a testament to the cruelty and inhumanity of Russia's state authorities, Navalny was forbidden from attending Nemtsov's funeral, though he did later attend a memorial march for the fallen Russian politician.
One month after Nemtsov's murder, his friend Vladimir Kara-Murza suddenly fell ill and almost died. In 2017, the same thing. Kara-Murza is now in prison for condemning Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Russian entrepreneur Yevgeny Chichvarkin warns the world via Dmitri Gordon's YouTube channel that Kara-Murza is next on Putin's list.
Five years after Nemtsov's murder, Alexei Navalny fell ill and almost died of poisoning, which later turned out to have been with the banned chemical agent, Novichok. Further investigation showed that the same FSB agents who had masterminded the attack on Navalny had also used Novichok on Vladimir Kara-Murza, the writer Dmitri Bykov, and other Russians who suddenly died without explanation.
Now, nine years after Nemtsov's murder, Alexei Navalny has been killed by the same terrorist regime that gunned down Nemtsov that night in February.
This is intolerable. This is heartbreaking. This is devastating. This must never happen again.
DOWN WITH PUTIN!
DOWN WITH RUSSIAN TERRORISM!
FREE RUSSIA FROM TERRORISM!
JUSTICE FOR NAVALNY!
JUSTICE FOR NEMTSOV AND SO MANY OTHERS!
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2023 / 31
Aperçu of the Week:
"It's really beautiful. It feels like God visits everywhere else but lives in Africa."
(Willard Carroll Smith II, better known as rapper and actor Will Smith)
Bad News of the Week:
Free speech and Russia - unfortunately a contradiction. Politically effective opposition and Russia - likewise. Independent judiciary and Russia - ...and again. If someone is then known as a "Kremlin critic", he has lost three times over. Also in court. As happened again in recent days. First, Vladimir Kara-Mursa has lost his appeal. Who, after working for "Open Russia", was already twice the victim of a poison attack and in the spring of 2022 held an anti-war speech in Arizona. Enough to sentence him to 25 years in prison for treason.
And also Evergreen Alexei Navalny - who, unfortunately, after the poison attack on him at the end of his recovery in Berlin returned to Russia. A real conviction offender! - was once again on trial the day before yesterday. This time on the charge of "founding an extremist organization." So one can call political opposition naturally also. He got (additional) 19 years of imprisonment. Sidenote: the new trial was not taking place in a regular court, but directly in Nawalny's penal colony in Melekhovo, without public or media access. No, I refrain (albeit laboriously) from mentioning Guantanamo Bay in this context....
Good News of the Week:
I am not a megalomaniac. Nor am I a psychic. Still, I was surprised on Monday to read about an action that may have been inspired by my little thematic foray into "hidden costs" (and that they should be visible to consumers) last week. It's about a promotion by German grocer Penny, the discount subsidiary of retail giant Rewe.
Penny is labeling products with the prices it would have to charge if environmental impact costs were actually included, as part of a promotion - unfortunately limited to one week and only for nine products. This leads to smaller and larger price increases. And these are hardly surprising. For example, that the vegan schnitzel only increases by 5%. But the Maasdam cheese by 88%. And the Viennese sausages double themselves with 94% nearly in the price.
Naturally that is a PR Stunt. Critics, such as the far too conservative Farmers' Association, were quick to use the nasty term "greenwashing". I don't care. I am happy about the basic thematization. Which, in the store of a discount grocer, should also reach people who don't consume media that take up the topic. Any form of attention is fine with me. After all, how could I rant about the consumerism of someone who can credibly assure "Really? Oh... I didn't know that."
Personal happy moment of the week:
We live in the countryside. The mooing of cows, the bleating of sheep and the clucking of chickens are part of our everyday soundtrack. Sometimes nature comes very close to us. For example, a hedgehog is currently building a nest under a bush by our terrace. And it took us two days to find a little field mouse and release it back into the wild unharmed. And we all had more fun with it than stress.
I couldn't care less...
...about Rishi Sunak. He started out as the supposed savior of the post-Brexit UK. And proves to be a gravedigger for the planet. The latest example of ignorance is over 100 new drilling licenses for oil and gas production in the North Sea. On one damned day. God save the earth. The Brits won't.
As I write this...
...we are at home (still) discussing a movie we saw Friday night. In the biggest movie theater in Bavaria. In the original English. And it wasn't "Barbie". We can't get rid of the Pandora's box that Robert J. Oppenheimer, the "father of the atomic bomb", opened almost eighty years ago. A look behind the scenes of the Manhattan Project, dramaturgically designed by Christopher Nolan's team to be highly worth seeing, should be a must for all of us.
Post Scriptum
Europe's history on the African continent is anything but a good one. At least until this century. Yet we struggle to come to terms with the colonial past in a mature way. And with an unbiased view of the 1.4 billion people who live (or survive) there. See the current dithering in dealing with the coup in Niger. Just when our peacekeepers are withdrawing from the neighboring country Mali.
That the basic problem is called "understanding" is proven by a look at history: In November 1884, Imperial Chancellor Otto von Bismarck had a five-meter-high map of Africa hung up in Berlin. For three months, representatives of the European powers and the United States looked at this map. And negotiated how Africa should be divided up. As can still be seen today - on the map and on the basis of past and present conflicts - simply with a ruler. And without regard for peoples, landscapes or ethnic groups. Who is still paying the bill for this today? Hint: it is not the Western powers.
"Africa is not a country" is the title of a new book by Dipo Faloyin. The African-American was born in Chicago, grew up in Lagos and now lives in London. Primarily an editor for Vice, his subject has always been Africa in all its complexity. And enlightenment about precisely that. Now he is making his internationally acclaimed book debut. The German subtitle is "The manifesto against stupidity, laziness and simplicity in dealing with the multiformity of the African continent." Sounds like a must-read.
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Omaggio del Consiglio d'Europa al leader dell'opposizione russa Vladimir Kara-Murza,
Il dissidente e grande oppositore del Cremlino è stato condannato il 17 aprile da un tribunale di Mosca a 25 anni da scontare in un carcere di massima sicurezza con l'accusa di "tradimento" per aver screditato le forze armate russe
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