Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Kremlin opponent, was sentenced to 25 years in jail for opposing the conflict in Ukraine.

Vladimir Kara-Murza, a prominent Russian human rights advocate and Kremlin critic, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after publicly condemning Moscow’s war in Ukraine. He was initially detained one year ago after an interview with CNN in which he criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “regime of murderers”. The court said he would serve his sentence “in a strict regime correctional colony.” Kara-Murza will appeal the sentence, his lawyer, Vadim Prokhorov, told CNN on Monday. His detention has been decried by international human rights organizations and prompted sanctions by the Biden administration last month.