Jailed Kremlin opponent Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. likened judicial proceedings against him on Monday to the sham Stalin-era and later proceedings that condemned his countrymen to prison or death sentences.
Kara-Murza also said he's proud of his public statements and behaviour for which he's facing charges of treason and spreading false information about the Russian military in Ukraine.
Lawyer Maria Esimont, who is representing Kara-Murza, reported that a verdict is expected April 17, with the prosecutor requesting a 25-year sentence to be served in a "strict regime" prison colony where conditions are harsh and prisoners are held in locked cells rather than in barracks. In his statement, Kara-Murza said he was jailed for his political views, "for speaking out against the war in Ukraine, for many years of struggle against Putin's dictatorship."
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