Vladimir Kara-Murza
✓ Source-basedfallingRussian politician and journalist (born 1981)
Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murza is a Russian-British political activist, journalist, author, filmmaker, and former political prisoner.
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Kara-Murza makes the sign of the cross at the place of assassination of Boris Nemtsov in Moscow on 27 February 2021.
Kara-Murza and Boris Nemtsov's daughter Zhanna Nemtsova on 20 June 2018![Presentation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe report in the Hofburg in 2020[62]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Vorstellung_des_Nemzow-Berichts_der_Parlamentarischen_Versammlung_der_OSZE_im_Bibliotheksaal.jpg/1280px-Vorstellung_des_Nemzow-Berichts_der_Parlamentarischen_Versammlung_der_OSZE_im_Bibliotheksaal.jpg)
Presentation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe report in the Hofburg in 2020[62]
Kara-Murza in 2018
Vladimir Kara-Murza, Yulia Navalnaya, Ilya Yashin and Ruslan Shaveddinov at an anti-war protest in Berlin, 17 November 2024In their own words 4
There is hardly a practice of the Soviet repression of dissent that has not been revived by Vladimir Putin’s regime in Russia.
"Putin is planning a Soviet-style punishment for his critics", (13 March 2023), Washington Post
The Magnitsky legislation is a pale substitute for justice.
"The Kremlin revives a Soviet-style law against dissent" (18 May 2018), The Washington Post
Perhaps the most important requirement in an election is that voters have a choice.
"As the Kremlin Tightens the Screws, It Invites Popular Revolt" (20 July 2017), Spotlight on Russia, World Affairs Journal
Awards 5
In their orbit 1
Connected to Vladimir 6
Nadya TolokonnikovaAlso in America's Greatest Threat: Vladimir Putin (2018)
Denis MukwegeAlso won Civil Courage Prize
Maryja KaleśnikavaAlso won USTR Prize for Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights
Timothy SnyderAlso won Cross of Merit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, 2nd class
Nasrin SotoudehAlso won Civil Courage Prize
Ales BialiatskiAlso won Václav Havel Human Rights PrizeAbout this person
Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murza is a Russian-British political activist, journalist, author, filmmaker, and former political prisoner. A protégé of murdered Russian dissident Boris Nemtsov, Kara-Murza is vice-chairman of Open Russia, an NGO founded by the exiled Russian businessman and former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, which promotes civil society and democracy in Russia. He was elected to the Coordinating Council of the Russian Opposition in 2012, and served as deputy leader of the People's Freedom Party from 2015 to 2016. He has directed two documentaries, They Chose Freedom and Nemtsov. As of 2021, he serves as Senior Fellow to the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. He was awarded the Civil Courage Prize in 2018.
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