The EU criticized the sentence of Kara-Murza

The EU called the sentence of Vladimir Kara-Murza, who received 25 years in prison, “politically motivated”. The USA , Canada , Britain criticized the decision of the court . Zakharovacalled their statements interference in the internal affairs of RussiaVladimir Kara-MurzaVladimir Kara-MurzaVladimir Kara-MurzaVladimir Kara-MurzaVladimir Kara-MurzaVladimir Kara-MurzaVladimir Kara-MurzaVladimir Kara-MurzaVladimir Kara-Murza

Brussels "strongly condemned" the verdict against Russian oppositionist Vladimir Kara-Murza (recognized as a foreign agent), calling it "politically motivated." This is stated in a statement by the high representative of the EU, published on Monday.

The statement notes that the “outrageously harsh court decision” is “putting pressure on activists, human rights defenders” who make anti-war statements.

In addition to the EU, the ambassadors of Britain, the USA and Canada criticized the verdict. They demanded that Kara-Murza's sentence be overturned. Andrey Kelin , Russian ambassador in London , told TASS that the British Foreign Office is asking for consular access to Kara-Murza because he has British citizenship. But the diplomat pointed out that this does not matter to the Russian court, since the countries do not have an agreement on dual citizenship.

The statements of the British Ambassador Deborah Bronnert, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called interference in the internal affairs of the country. “Otherwise, as an attempt to put pressure on the Russian justice system, these actions cannot be called,” the diplomat emphasized.

The words of American Ambassador Lynn Tracy and Canadian Ambassador Alison LeClair Zakharova considered cynical, since these countries "shamelessly" violate human rights and persecute "dissenters."

“Any actions of the United States, Britain and Canada, other unfriendly countries that have joined the frenzied Russophobia of the Anglo-Saxons, aimed at inciting discord and enmity in our society, will be suppressed in the most decisive way, and the diplomats involved in this subversive work will be expelled from Russia,” she said. Zakharov.

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Vladimir Kara-Murza is a TV journalist, director and publicist, former chairman of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom. In 2015-2016, he served as deputy head of the People's Freedom Party, from September 2019 to February 2022 he hosted a program on Ekho Moskvy and the Edge of the Week program on Radio Liberty (the Ministry of Justice entered it into the register of foreign media agents) . He was a member of the democratic movement "Solidarity" and the coordinating council of the Russian opposition.

On Monday, the Moscow City Court sentenced the oppositionist to 25 years in a strict regime colony in the case of treason and fakes about the army, RBC was told in court. The court also fined him 400,000 rubles. and banned him from journalism for seven years after his release. He received such a term on the basis of a combination of three charges.

Consideration of the case on the merits took place behind closed doors due to the presence of classified materials in the case. The defense twice demanded the removal of the presiding judge Sergei Podoprigorov. The justification of the lawyers stated that the judge could not conduct the trial impartially, since, at the suggestion of Vladimir Kara-Murza, he was included in the Magnitsky sanctions list. In 2017, Podoprigorov and a number of other judges applied to the US Treasury with a request to remove them from the list.

The Kremlin declined to comment on Kara-Murza's verdict. “We never comment on court decisions. We will not do this this time either,” said Dmitry Peskov , a spokesman for the Russian president .