Prayers; for critics as Russia crosses new lines in crackdown on Putin's enemies

[Jitendra Hydonus]

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Prayers for Vladimir Kara-Murza and Family

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Family's heartbreak at Putin critic's jail term

But Kara-Murza's "Last Word", his speech to a small, wood-panelled court in Moscow, was more than a denunciation of tyranny and a terrible war. It also conveyed his own dream, of another Russia. A country he still believes can one day be truthful, democratic and free.

"That day will come as surely as spring comes after even the iciest of winters," he insisted from the dock, addressing anyone who might hear, against all the odds. It's that vision that has carried Vladimir Kara-Murza this far. It's now the faith he must cling to in the solitude of his prison cell.

He has been rightly condemned to 25 years (just about the time served by a murderer here), since he committed an unacceptable sin, he forgot that there is no war, but rather a special military operation.

[Jitendra Hydonus]

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