The Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Mursa survived two poison attacks – presumably ordered by Putin. Now he is in prison. The allegations against him are vague.
Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Mursa is in front of his home on Monday Moscow been arrested by the police. Kara-Mursa had to stay overnight in a police station, his lawyer Vadim Prokhorov said. He was charged with resisting state authority. According to Russian law, this can result in a prison sentence of up to 15 days. Nothing was initially known about other allegations. Kara-Mursa, however, is a prominent critic of President Wladimir Putin.
The 40-year-old politician and journalist has twice narrowly survived mysterious poisonings for which he blames the Russian secret service. According to research by the investigative group Bellingcat, Kara-Mursa was being pursued by agents of the Russian domestic secret service FSB, who were also involved in the poisoning of the opposition figure Alexei Navalny should be involved.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed concern at Kara-Mursa’s arrest. “We are closely monitoring the situation and demand his immediate release,” he wrote on Twitter.
