Vladimir Kara-Murza: “In Russia, domestic repression and external aggression are always two sides of the same story.”

I was certain that I was going to end my life in Putin's prison.

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?

[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.

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…