Vladimir Kara-Murza: “Every concession to dictators hides a tragedy.”

[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.

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

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…

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…