Although he faces 25 years in prison, Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Mursa has again criticized Russia’s Ukraine offensive. “Not only do I have no regrets – I’m proud of it,” said the Kremlin critic.
The accused Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Mursa says he does not regret any of his statements – although he now faces 25 years in prison for comments against the Ukraine offensive. “I sign every word that I said and for which I am being charged today,” a journalist quoted Kara-Mursa’s last words in court on Telegram on Monday. “Not only do I have no regrets – I’m proud of it,” he continued.
The 41-year-old faces multiple charges, including high treason and spreading misinformation about the Russian army. At a closed-door hearing last week, prosecutors asked for 25 years in prison for Kara-Mursa.
Judgment is expected on Monday
“I only blame myself,” the Kremlin critic continued. “I have not managed to convince enough of my compatriots and politicians in democratic countries of the danger that the current Kremlin regime poses to Russia and the world.”
Kara-Mursa’s verdict is expected next Monday. “I also know that the day will come when the darkness will lift from our country,” said Putin’s longtime opponent. “When war is called war” and “those who instigated and started this war are branded criminals, not those who tried to stop it.”
