Vladimir Kara-Murza

This is what they would want me to do, to flee, to get scared and to flee. And I will not give them the satisfaction.

We owe it to our fallen comrades to continue working with even greater vigor to achieve what they lived and died for, to make Russia a normal free European democratic country.

This regime that is empowering our country today, it's not just corrupt, it's not just kleptocratic. It's not just authoritarian. It is a regime of murderers.

As we discussed earlier, we believe that sanction tools such as the Magnitsky Act should not be exclusively used to countries like Russia.

As we discussed earlier, we believe that sanction tools such as the Magnitsky Act should not be exclusively used to countries like Russia.

Should not democratic countries also work together to counter such malign practices?

I choose to believe that it is a flaw in the system that can be fixed.

I call on the U.S. Government to fight harder for the release of those who risked their lives.

I can just tell you, on a personal level, not a single day goes by without somebody approaching me on the street, shaking my hand here in Moscow, sometimes asking to take a picture of me and saying, thank you for what you`re doing.

This is not only about restoring international stability and restoring peace in the middle of Europe, but it`s also about saving our own country saving Russia from this paranoid, deranged and dangerous strongmen.

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 Putin regime and everything it`s doing, both in terms of domestic repression and in terms of the external…

This regime that is in power in our country today. It's not just corrupt. It's not just kleptocratic. It's not just authoritarian. It is a regime of murderous and it is important to say it out loud.