BREAKING: A Russian court has sentenced prominent opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison on charges of treason and denigrating the Russian military.
FILE - Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza is escorted to a hearing in a court in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 8, 2023. A lawyer for jailed Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. said Thursday, April 6 that the prosecutor in his closed-door trial for treason and spreading false information about the Russian military in Ukraine has called for a sentence of 25 years in prison.
MOSCOW — A court in Moscow on Monday convicted a top Kremlin foe on charges of treason and denigrating the Russian military and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.
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