It is absolutely imperative that any agreement, any cease fire agreement includes a provision on the release of all the captives of this war.
Vladimir Kara-Murza
The Public Record
Russian politician and journalist (born 1981)
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March 10, 2025
This is not a war where two sides are somehow at fault.
— Vladimir Kara-Murza
As long as Vladimir Putin is in power, as long as there is a regime in the Kremlin that disrespects the rights and freedoms of its own people, that tramples on its own laws and on its own constitution, it is never going to abide by the…
[The] principle of ‘following local laws, no matter what they are’ provides a convenient excuse. But it’s just that: an excuse and a moral dodge.
What moral right do I have to call on my fellow Russian citizens to stand up and resist the dictatorship if I wasn’t prepared to do it myself?
We all know the price. We all know the cost. But we also know that there are millions of people in Russia who categorically oppose the Putin regime and everything it’s doing ... I’m a Russian politician, Russia is my country, Russia is my…
I hope from these people continue to parrot this Kremlin propaganda, that they think about those hundreds and thousands of political prisoners in Russia who are not allowed to talk to their families, who are allowed to even phone their…
The criminals are those who are waging this war, not those of us who are speaking out against.
I consider him to be a dictator, a usurper and a murderer, who's personally responsible for the deaths of his political opponents, Boris Nemtsov, like Alexei Navalny, who is personally responsible for the deaths of thousands of civilians…
There are absolutely no limits to what Vladimir Putin can do. I think the world is seeing this loud and clear now as we're witnessing this large scale land war, this large scale war crime happening right at the heart of Europe.