Vladimir Kara-Murza
Some of the key events about Vladimir Kara-Murza
- 2000Graduated with honors from Cambridge University with a degree in History
- 2003Began working as a journalist and political activist in Russia
- 2003Criticized the Russian government's handling of the Yukos affair, leading to tensions with authorities
- 2004Produced a documentary film about the 2002 Nord-Ost siege
- 2007Accused of spreading "anti-Russian propaganda" by pro-Kremlin youth groups
- 2012Became coordinator of the opposition movement "Free Russia"
- 2012Faced allegations of receiving foreign funding for political activities
- 2014Testified before the U.S. Helsinki Commission about human rights in Russia
- 2015Helped launch the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom
- 2015Hospitalized with symptoms of poisoning, suspecting an assassination attempt
- 2016Received the Magnitsky Human Rights Award
- 2017Hospitalized again with similar symptoms, reinforcing suspicions of targeted attacks
- 2018Nominated for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
- 2019Arrested during a memorial march for Boris Nemtsov in Moscow
- 2021Published a book titled "My Russia: The Political Prisoner's Handbook"
- 2021Detained at Moscow airport upon returning to Russia from abroad
- 2022Awarded the Civil Courage Prize by the Train Foundation
- 2022Arrested again in Moscow on charges of spreading "false information" about the Russian military
- 2022Charged with treason for criticizing Russian actions in Ukraine
- 2023Sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges of treason and spreading "false information"
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