The court extended the arrest of Vladimir Kara-Murza until August 12

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow extended the arrest of politician Vladimir Kara-Murza in the case of “fakes” about the Russian army (clause “d”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) until August 12. This is reported by SOTA.

The case against Kara-Murzawas filed in April due to speech in the Arizona House of Representatives. Then the politician was arrested. Vladimir Kara-Murza faces from five to ten years in prison.

You can write him a letter - paper or through the FSIN-Letter service:

*Kara-Murza Vladimir Vladimirovich, born in 1981

Pre-trial detention center-5 of the Federal Penitentiary Service in Moscow

125 130, Moscow, st. Vyborgskaya, 20*

• On April 12, Kara-Murza was arrested for 15 days under the article of disobedience to the police (Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code). According to the security forces, the politician “behaved inappropriately” at the sight of the police, “changing his trajectory, quickening his pace and trying to escape when asked to stop.”
• On February 11, 2021, journalists from Bellingcat and The Insider released an investigation in which they claimed that the same FSB officers as in the case of Alexei Navalny were involved in the poisoning of opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. Vladimir Kara-Murza twice declared poisoning - in 2015 and 2017. Both times the diagnosis was confirmed by doctors. After one of the poisonings, the politician fell into a coma.
• Since February 24—the first day of the “special operation” in Ukraine—residents of Russian cities have been going out to anti-war rallies every day and talking about the tragedy online. Anti-war speeches and statements become grounds for criminal prosecution. At the moment, more than 160 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our guide .
• Article 207.3 (Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation) was included in the Criminal Code in March 2022 - in this way the authorities responded to anti-war speeches and statements, as well as the dissemination of information about the war that does not come from official Russian sources. The maximum penalty under the article is ten years in prison.