With the death of Alexei Navalny in an Arctic prison on Feb. 16, the imprisoned Russian dissident upon whom the world's eyes are now focused is Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr.
With the death of Alexei Navalny in an Arctic prison on Feb. 16, the imprisoned Russia n dissident upon whom the world's eyes are now focused is Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr.
In July 2020, as Russia voters prepared to resoundingly enact constitutional changes that would permit Putin to remain in office until 2036, Kara-Murza spoke to Newsmax about what he called a "sham referendum." He added, "There was no independent video surveillance. There was this new experiment with more than a million people participating in the electronic voting. There's no paper trail, no way to preserve the secrecy of the ballot."
"We have seen Western political leaders, including U.S. presidents of both parties, basically turn away," he said. "They looked away when he shut down independent TV channels. They looked way when he rigged elections. They looked away when he dismissed opposition rallies.
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