Russian politician and activist Vladimir Kara-Murza (left) was a close ally of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov who was assassinated last year.
Russian politician and activist Vladimir Kara-Murza (left) was a close ally of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov who was assassinated last year.
By Carl Schreck
January 15, 2016
WASHINGTON -- Shortly before noon on May 26, 2015, the Russian political activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, Jr., left his apartment in central Moscow for a typical workday: huddling with colleagues to discuss challenging President Vladimir Putin's authoritarian rule. He took the tram to a nearby restaurant, where he met a fellow member of RPR-Parnas, the liberal opposition party founded by slain Putin critic Boris Nemtsov. He ate a buffet-style lunch, washed down with a glass of cranberry juice. He appeared "energetic and happy," his dining partner recalled two days later...................
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