One of Russia’s loudest antiwar voices has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
in a jail where he is serving a sentence on charges also dismissed by supporters and Western governments as political repression of Putin’s rival. Kara-Murza, who already survived two poisonings suspected to be the work of Kremlin agents, told the court that he knew the verdict was preordained and prosecutors were asking for the maximum sentence.
“For a person who has not committed any crimes, acquittal would be the only fair verdict. But I do not ask this court for anything,” Kara-Murza said in his statement. “I know the verdict. I knew it a year ago when I saw people in black uniforms and black masks running after my car in the rearview mirror.”
Suppression of dissent is the norm for governments at war. During the illegal U.S.-led invasion and war in Iraq, for example, antiwar voices were sidelined by a corporate media that wasby the George W. Bush administration. Federal law enforcement surveilled and infiltrated broad swaths of the antiwar movement, with infiltrators notorious for attempting to goad activists into committing crimes.
As the Russian invasion floundered, the Kremlin embarked on an “all-out drive to eradicate public dissent in Russia.” In Ukraine, political parties perceived as pro-Russian were banned at the outset of the war.
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