Vladimir Kara-Murza: “And we know from history how the appeasement of dictators ends. It always ends the same way.”

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

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

[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.

Every concession to dictators hides a tragedy.