The dissident's lawyer ridiculed the arrest, citing police statements claiming Kara-Murza 'behaved inadequately at the sight of police officers, changed the trajectory of his movement, accelerated his pace, and tried to hide when asked to stop.'
The dissident's lawyer, Vadym Prokhorov, ridiculed the arrest, citing police statements claiming Kara-Murza"behaved inadequately at the sight of police officers, changed the trajectory of his movement, accelerated his pace, and tried to hide when asked to stop."
Kara-Murza is a vocal opponent of the war in Ukraine and has launched an anti-war committee along with other opposition figures. Vladimir Kara-Murza recovers in a hospital after a suspected 2017 poisoning attack in Moscow, Russia.
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