Vladimir Kara-Murza: “We have political prisoners in our country who are sitting in jails for their political beliefs.”

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.

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…

This is not a war where two sides are somehow at fault.