vladimir kara-murza. following that is what he deserves. -- - vladimir kara-murza.n munich where - vladimir kara-murza. following his murder, i was in munich where i i murder, i was in munich where i heard his wife, yulia, to stand by her. that is what we must now deal. the us threatened over a year ago that there would be significant repercussions if navalny was murdered. biden must now deliver on the abstract or we will see more lives taken, such as that as vladimir kara—murza. in addition, when my right honourable friend, and to reiterate the cause for the season of central bank assets, i would make the point that that was done before the un security council froze and seized iraqi assets, so we have a precedent. there is no reason to find new legislation or other ways to do so. but beyond that we do need to pursue a special tribunal on the crime of aggression, will we consider also sanctioning the insurance agency in russia and to finally hit the hard to put in's economy, will be urged the us to release more oil and therefore drive down prices. release more oil a

kara-murza. there's a big basis for that, but the biggest one is that he's a green card holder and his his wife and his children, his three children live here on the us for the others. i also think that the us government should, first of all, clearly punish somehow, even if it's just symbolic, the russian government for what they've done to alexei navalny and then work to try to get the others released. and we probably need to do it with our european and other allies and partners. there may be some kind of prisoner swap that can be negotiated will continue to watch it. obviously, evelyn farkas, great to have your expertise here today. thank you for joining. and of course, it's important to look at the big picture here is navalny's death is coming as russia has just made a major military gain and ukraine, they wrestling control of a key city of dq, the, a city that ukrainian forces have been trying to defend for a decade now, cnn's nick paton walsh is in ukraine as his forces are struggling to rep

you've already heard about vladimir kara—murza who by the way is a british subject who is imprisonedd. all of the officials who worked with navalny have left the country. 0ther supporters of his are in jail, as we already heard. and there are other people in russia who remain in russia who oppose putin but they are quiet because they know that if they express their views publicly, going to be arrested and jailed. we even sought and i tell people who were silently putting flowers and memorials to novelli in different cities in russia, some of those people were also detained ——we even saw people. —— navalny. there is no—one on the horizon who could fulfil the role that navalny fulfilled and i doubt that they would be as long as britain remains in power. with further international outcry from many world leaders today, president britain and many elites in russia are already of course subject to sanctions and there is a warrant for the president's a rest from international criminal court but what impact does any of that have on president britain? it doesn't seem to have had many —— much o

now, you have guinea a kara-murza, the wife of jailed putin critic vladimir kara-murza joins us and good to have you on. thanks for taking the time. >> hello, dan. thank you very much for inviting me. >> i want to begin by asking you about the video we saw today from alexey navalny's mother. she said officials told her that if she does not agree to a secret funeral for her son, quote they will do something with my son's body when you heard that, i wonder what your reaction was >> i was absolutely enraged i mean, first, they tried to kill him with prison. he survives >> they throw him in prison >> they >> torture him for three years. >> they kill him >> and now that refused to give his body back to his mother. so she can say our goodbyes and she can bury him probably. >> i mean, this is so despicable twisted and cruel but it also shows how much they're afraid of him. the rationals always is, are afraid of alec, say even dead they do not want to allow his supporters yes, millions of people, his supporters and his family to say their goodbyes. they want to do everything in secret that is de

the other was vladimir kara-murza. and now they are number of americans, we got out brittney griner, the basketball star in a swap for a russian arms dealer. ok. but there are others. notably paul wheeldon, the ex marine imprisoned since 2018 -- paul whelan. evan gershkovich, the wall street journal reporter, he will mark one year in march. and my colleague, she went back to the russian federation last summer on a private trip to visit her frail and elderly mother, thinking that in this society where mothers are cherished, that she would be safe. but according to vladimir putin, others are not apparently so cherished and safe. there she said since, with multiple charges piling up. please keep all of them in your thoughts and prayers, and if i may make this special plea to you, we are hoping will get the same designation that has been awarded to paul and evan. that is, the determination by the u.s. state department as wrongfully detained. it increases resources and increases the probability that she and others will come

if your friend vladimir kara-murza is someone that cnn has spoken to extensively over the years, and he is now in a russian prison and there is great reason to be concerned about his well-being. there was a russian island who defected to ukraine and ended up in spain. after over the last two years, who turned up dead in the last week. so there are people who think that russia's reach goes far beyond the borders of russia itself. do you fear for your own life? >> well, i very much do. this. the murder of alexey navalny, i think it's sort of opened the floodgates. if putin cares so little about what the west thinks about him. and he's ready to kill alexey navalny is ready to send out his assassination squads all over the world and kill all the people who are calling him out, who are his enemies? certainly high on that list as are other friends and compatriots here and you know, putin is truly a menace and i should point out is not just us who are at risk. >> i mean, if putin >> i don't think he'd hesitate to kill a western politician if that were to serve as purposes. i think that he's

that is true for others who have spoken out, like vladimir kara—murza, also poisoned then arrested forfe says the death of navalny underlines the immense cost of dissent. i was horrified but not surprised. because the use of political assassination as a method of dealing with opponents has been there for, well, the entire rule of vladimir putin. in life, navalny was putin's loudest challenger. - he said he was fighting for what he called the beautiful russia of the future. for his supporters, that is harder than ever to envisage now. sarah rainsford, bbc news. to the war in ukraine. president biden has blamed russia's capture of a front line town in eastern ukraine on the failure of us lawmakers to approve a huge package of military aid for kyiv. president biden spoke to ukraine's president zelensky after ukrainian forces pulled out of avdiivkar. mr biden told him he was confident politicians in congress would approve the billions of dollars in additional war aid. president putin has congratulated the soldiers who captured the town. our correspondent simon jones has this report. withdr

and that is true for others who have spoken out as well, like vladimir kara—murza, also poisoned andthe war on ukraine. his wife says the death of alexei navalny underlines the immense cost of dissent. i was horrified but not surprised because the use of political assassination as a method of dealing with opponents has been there for, well, for the entire rule of vladimir putin. navalny was putin's loudest challenger. his sudden death leaves many questions unanswered, and it leaves a family and followers to grieve. this evening his wife posted a single image, the caption just says, i love you. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. transforming textiles into unique pieces of clothing. the aim of this charity in haverfordwest is to prevent waste and cut fast fashion by promoting sustainable fashion, which they say is on the rise. have donations from the community. so we take their memories, sort them, and then we upcycle them. people want to be bespoke. they want to look unique. and we've had, like, i would say

and that's true for others who've spoken out too, like vladimir kara—murza, also poisoned and then arrestedh of alexei navalny underlines the immense cost of dissent. i was horrified, but not surprised because the use of political assassination as a method of dealing with opponents has been there for, well, for the entire rule of vladimir putin. navalny was putin's loudest challenger. his sudden death leaves many questions unanswered and it leaves a family and followers to grieve. this evening, his wife posted a single image — the caption just says, "i love you." now to the remarkable story of conjoined twins, marieme and nay, who were born in senegal and live in cardiff. when they were born, doctors expected them to survive only for a few days. but they have defied all expectations. they are now seven years old, and thought to be the only growing conjoined twins in europe. lucy owen has their story. what is it now? marieme and ndeye playing with their friends at mount stuart primary in cardiff. their dad always wanted them to go to a mainstream school. it's just a way for me to show they a

and that is true for others who have spoken out as well, like vladimir kara—murza, also poisoned and for condemning the war on ukraine. his wife says the death of alexei navalny underlines the immense cost of dissent. i was horrified but not surprised because the use of political assassination as a method of dealing with opponents has been there for, well, for the entire rule of vladimir putin. navalny was putin's loudest challenger. his sudden death leaves many questions unanswered, and it leaves a family and followers to grieve. this evening his wife posted a single image, the caption just says, i love you. a little earlier, i spoke to daniel roher, director of the osar—winning "navalny" documentary. the film follows navalny as he and his team unravel a plot to poison him with deadly nerve agent novichok. i asked mr roher what he thought mr navalny would make of the reaction to his death. if navalny were here today he would probably have a smile on his face and tell everyone to stop crying take a shot of vodka and get back to work. navalny is essentially a guy who is a man on a mis

and that is true for others who have spoken out as well, like vladimir kara—murza, also poisoned andhis wife says the death of alexei navalny underlines the immense cost of dissent. i was horrified but not surprised because the use of political assassination as a method of dealing with opponents has been there for, well, for the entire rule of vladimir putin. navalny was putin's loudest challenger. his sudden death leaves many questions unanswered, and it leaves a family and followers to grieve. this evening his wife posted a single image, the caption just says, i love you. it is british cinema's biggest night — and it went with a bang. the baftas have taken place in london — and the bbc�*s colin paterson has the lowdown on who's celebrating. it was oppenheimer�*s night here at the baftas. the film about the creation of the atomic bomb in the second world war was the big winner, taking home seven, including best film, best director for christopher nolan — he'd never won a bafta before — best actor going to cillian murphy for playing oppenheimer and robert downeer, best supporting act

among them, vladimir kara—murza, who has british as well as russian citizenship.ut chose to go back to russia. well, we know now how that ended for alexei navalny. that's it from this second anniversary edition of unspun world. the team and i hope you'll continue to follow us, and until we meet again, goodbye. hello there. friday was a day of sunshine and showers, some of the showers heavy with some hail mixed in, and with colder air moving in across the country, we saw a bit of snow return to the top of the cumbrian fells. this is the top of helvellyn, snow—covered there, in cumbria. now, so far this february, it has been a bit of a wash—out across england and wales. cardiff and coventry have had well over double the average rainfall so far this month. parts of east anglia, houghton hall in norfolk had three times the average rainfall, and there's more to come as well. now, on the satellite picture, all of this white speckled cloud you can see to the north and west of the uk is shower cloud, and there are loads of those, so we are looking at more showers working

and that is true for others who have spoken out as well, like vladimir kara—murza, also poisoned andg the war on ukraine. his wife says the death of alexei navalny underlines the immense cost of dissent. i was horrified but not surprised because the use of political assassination as a method of dealing with opponents has been there for, well, for the entire rule of vladimir putin. navalny was putin's loudest challenger. his sudden death leaves many questions unanswered, and it leaves a family and followers to grieve. this evening, his wife posted a single image, the caption just says, "i love you." around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at a major story we are following in the uk: a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three children were found dead at a house in bristol. the 42—year—old suspect is in police custody at a hospital. our reporter danjohnson has more. we know the police were called here shortly after midnight by someone who was concerned about the welfare of these children. they found three children dead at a semi—detached proper

and that is true for others who have spoken out as well, like vladimir kara—murza, also poisoned andhis wife says the death of alexei navalny underlines the immense cost of dissent. i was horrified but not surprised because the use of political assassination as a method of dealing with opponents has been there for, well, for the entire rule of vladimir putin. navalny was putin's loudest challenger. his sudden death leaves many questions unanswered, and it leaves a family and followers to grieve. this evening his wife posted a single image, the caption just says, i love you. ever since the death of alexei navalny, russians have around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. just two years ago there were 3a and a half thousand northern gannet nests on this pembrokeshire rock, once the fourth largest colony in the world. but in 12 months, bird flu wiped out more than half of the population. and gannets are not alone. black—headed gulls were red listed before bird flu emerged in 2021, and numbers have declined by 77% in r

that is true for others who have spoken out, like vladimir kara—murza, also poisoned then arrested forne. his wife says the death of navalny underlines the immense cost of dissent. i was horrified but not surprised. because the use of political assassination as a method of dealing with opponents has been there for, well, the entire rule of vladimir putin. in life, navalny was putin's loudest challenger. this evening, his wife posted a single image and the caption just says, i love you. let's get more now from sarah rainsford. the focus now is on the release of the body. it the focus now is on the release of the bod . , . , the focus now is on the release of the bod . , ., , ., ., the body. it is and there is no real information _ the body. it is and there is no real information about _ the body. it is and there is no real information about when _ the body. it is and there is no real information about when that - the body. it is and there is no real| information about when that might happen or under what exact circumstances. we are basically where we were at the beginning of this, which

and that's true for others who've spoken out too, like vladimir kara—murza, also poisoned and then arresteddeath of alexei navalny underlines the immense cost of dissent. i was horrified, but not surprised because the use of political assassination as a method of dealing with opponents has been there for, well, for the entire rule of vladimir putin. navalny was putin's loudest challenger. his sudden death leaves many questions unanswered and it leaves a family and followers to grieve. this evening, his wife posted a single image — the caption just says, "i love you." police in papua new guinea say at least 64 people have been killed in a massacre in the country's highland region. the men were ambushed in enga province, in what police say is a major escalation of violence between tribes. a police superintendent says the latest attack is among the deadliest seen in the province, which was put under lockdown last year after a series of retaliatory attacks. communal violence in papua new guinea is often caused by disputes over land, natural resources and other grievances. an influx of illegal g

and that's true for others who have spoken out as well, like vladimir kara—murza, also poisoned and then war on ukraine. his wife says the death of alexei navalny underlines the immense cost of dissent. i was horrified but not surprised because the use of political assassination as a method of dealing with opponents has been there for, well, for the entire rule of vladimir putin. navalny was putin's loudest challenger. his sudden death leaves many questions unanswered, and it leaves a family and followers to grieve. this evening, his wife posted a single image — the caption just says, "i love you." in afghanistan, the un secretary—general has convened a meeting to discuss the ongoing humanitarian and human rights crises. it's its economy is in rapid decline — inflation is in rapid decline — inflation is fuelled by global commodity shocks and also there's still widespread hunger and marginalisation of women and girls from public life. a meeting has been boycotted by the taliban which took over just over two years ago. let's bring in the un assistant secretary—general and regional director

the imprisoned russian opposition politician, vladimir kara—murza, has urged russians to keep fightinging treason over criticism of the ukraine offensive, appeared in court via a video link from his prison cell for a hearing in the case against inaction of the investigative committee of russia on his poisoning, in moscow. the court has rejected his appeal. speaking during a video feed from his prison in siberia, he warned against giving up the fight for a free russia: translation: if we get into gloom and desair translation: if we get into gloom and despair that _ translation: if we get into gloom and despair that is _ translation: if we get into gloom and despair that is exactly - translation: if we get into gloom and despair that is exactly what i and despair that is exactly what they want. we have no right to do that. we owe it to a fallen comrade in the first place that we continue to work with even greater strength and achieve what they lived and died for, to make russia a normal, free, democratic country, i have no doubt that it will be that way. no one can stop that future from

that's true for others who have spoken out, like vladimir kara—murza, also poisoned then arrested forst of dissent. i was horrified but not surprised. because the use of political assassination as a method of dealing with opponents has been there for, well, the entire rule of vladimir putin. in life, navalny was putin's loudest challenger. he said he was fighting for what he called the beautiful russia of the future. for his supporters, that is harder than ever to envisage now. sarah rainsford, bbc news. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin. england suffered a huge loss to india in the third test, as the hosts cruised to victory to lead 2—1 in the best of five series. resuming on 196—2, india's batters punished the english bowlers. yashasvijaiswal, who retured hurt on day three, returned in stunning fashion, ending unbeaten on 214. he and sarfaraz khan put on 188 to take india to 430—4. they set england a total of 557, which they never even got close to and were bowled out for 122 to lose by a mammoth 434 runs. the fourth test in ranchi begins on friday. the first prem

and then finally, vladimir kara-murza just wrote an op-ed in the washington post. he published it. he's there's another political prisoner who's in jail in siberia and he's been poisoned twice. we need to get him out as soon as possible. he's clearly in danger as well. >> now what we're awaiting at a moment to hear from the us vice president kamala harris at that munich security conference. and clarissa one of the things that we had been looking at was back in 2021, president biden said, if navalny died in russian custody, the consequences would be devastating. we don't know that navalny was intentionally killed at this point, but he did die in a russian prison. what are the stakes of vice president kamala harris's remarks here on the global scale. and this moment well, it certainly feels like a very pivotal moment and everybody is aware of the background and the context. when you look at what's going on with us politics with ukraine, aid being held up with the presumptive republican nominee, former president donald trump, continuing to disparage nato, there is a sense but this is

this week, there are fears for another russian opposition figure, vladimir kara—murza — also moved, no he was poisoned for the first time, attacked by a team of fsb operatives who carry out such attacks on behalf of the russian state. since then, he survived another assassination attack in 2017 and now he is serving his 25—year prison sentence for so—called high treason. on monday, he was indeed moved without any indications of that move being prepared. he was moved from the strict regime prison colony to yet another type of penitentiary institution that is called a special regime prison colony, which is the harshest grade in the russian penitentiary system. so he is still in the omsk region, in the so—called special regime prison colony, and is in solitary confinement where he has been since last september. we have been able to establish contact with him because on monday, he was able to send a note from that new colony to his lawyer saying he had been transferred because, apparently, he had been declared a consistent violator of the rules of serving his sentence. the violations are a

activist vladimir kara murza. he was arrested after speaking out after putin's invasion of ukraine, and he was recently moved to one of russia's most brutal penal colonies in siberia. and is now serving a 25 years dentons of guinea. a. thank you for being with us tonight. alexey navalny's team announcing his family will not be able to get his body from russian officials for another 14 days. i want to listen to what his widow yulia said about why she thinks that is just lever. >> and you see just the cowardly way they're hiding his body, not showing to his mother, not giving to his mother. they are lying and they're waiting for the traces of another for of putin snobby shock to disappear, which means cooler name each >> she can't provide evidence, but obviously is very suspicious. and novichok, of course, is the nerve agent that was used on navalny when he nearly died in 2020. >> do you think that >> putin is behind navalny's death? >> good evening absolutely. i believe that it is a political assassination. and tha

now, evgenia kara murza, she is the wife of jailed russian journalist and activist vladimir kara murza. he was arrested after speaking out after putin's invasion of ukraine, and he was recently moved to one of russia's most brutal penal colonies in siberia and is now serving a 25 year sentence of guinea. thank you for being with us tonight. alexey navalny's team announcing his family will not be able to get his body from russian officials for another 14 days. i want to listen to what his widow yulia said about why she thinks that is lever. >> and you see just the cowardly way they're hiding his body, not showing to his mother, not giving to his mother. they are lying and they're waiting for the traces of another of putin snobby shock to disappear, which is color, maybe she can't provide evidence, but obviously is very suspicious. and novichok, of course, is the nerve agent that was used on navalny when he nearly died in 2020. >> do you think that >> putin is behind navalny's death? >> good evening >> absolutely. i believe that it is a political assassination. >> and that is a >> tool t

and that is true for others who have spoken out as well, like vladimir kara—murza, also poisoned and alexei navalny underlines the immense cost of dissent. i was horrified but not surprised because the use of political assassination as a method of dealing with opponents has been there for, well, for the entire rule of vladimir putin. navalny was putin's loudest challenger. his sudden death leaves many questions unanswered, and it leaves a family and followers to grieve. this evening his wife posted a single image, the caption just says, i love you. it is british cinema's biggest night — and it went with a bang. the baftas have taken place in london — and the bbc�*s colin paterson has the lowdown on who was celebrating. it was oppenheimer pose mcknight up about this. it was the big winner, taking home seven, including best film, best directorfor taking home seven, including best film, best director for christopher nolan. he had never won a bafta before. best actor going to cillian murphy for playing oppenheimer and robert damagejunior best actor, dispersed about the end 31 years. he w

and specifically a man named vladimir kara murza, who's serving a 25 years since in russia for for quote, treason because he stood up to putin. he is also in solitary confinement in siberia. and i'm just really afraid of what, what the russians will do to him. after they killed alexey navalny, right? bill browder, we're going to leave it there. thank you very much. >> still to come. donald trump adds to the list of dubious and debunked claims in the first campaign rally since that 350 5 million judgment against him, plus texas governor greg abbott is planning to add to his controversial border policies, the new facility he's proposing for boys watertown, and cyclist in washington state fought off one cougar and pin down another while out on a ride. why wildlife officials say the cougars may have attacked >> united states, have scanned with jake tapper tonight at nine on cnn as luiz got you going through it, grabbed new column for q. we're asthma attack nikolah is a once monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic asthma not for sudden breathing problems reactions can occur get help

kara-murza says he's been poisoned at least twice and sent into a coma. boris nemtsov once one of russia's most outspoken opposition leaders, was gunned down on a bridge at the foot of the kremlin in 2015 on a polic cuff skier, a problem? i'm going to journalist was a vocal critic of putin's regime and the wars in chechnya. she was shot and killed in her moscow apartment building in 2006. then there were the former russian spies who putin saw as threats with every putin has a particular beef with people he calls traitors and he has gone after them in various parts of the world, including in london, in the case of a former fsb agent, alexander litvinenko, as well as the attack on a former soviet double agent, sergei skripal hall and the southern english city of salisbury in 2018, former spy sergei skripal and his daughter for were poisoned and nearly killed in britain with the powerful nerve agent novichok, an attack which british investigators tied to putin in 2006, former russian intelligence agent alexander litvinenko, who'd been digging up information

the important thing that important thing today is that vladimir kara—murza, who now vladimir kara—murzalso a british bob. >> we need we don't want you to leave the studio, but we do have to take a very quick break. you the detriment of their education. >> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> we're continuing to have a rather heated debate here in the studio with conservative mp for the isle of wight, seely is here. >> bob, can i say, bob, you were raising the other dissident. yeah. who? you. vladimir kara—murza, who's british? >> a british citizen is a british passport holder . british passport holder. >> he's british citizen. uh >> he's a british citizen. uh some of his family are here. he's also russian citizen. and he's also a russian citizen. and the do not recognise the russians do not recognise him as a brit. he is now the most profile political most high profile political prisoner russia. his health prisoner in russia. his health has also been affected by being poisoned twice by the russian state, when they have tried to kill him and he's next on their target and worries

kara-murza. he is well-known in russia. he is well-known outside of russia among people who care about russia. and he is languishing in another prison. so i think important to watch what happens. but i think right now, the kremlin, there was no question is paranoid because they are going after average russian citizens for expressing any type of opposition to putin or to the war in ukraine. i mean, it ridiculous thing it's individuals are being arrested for merely liking something on social media. so i do agree with nina that there is a level of paranoia and when that happens in russia, things get very, very unpredictable. and i would say right now, it's a pretty it's a militarized place and would say increasingly repressive and even violent >> picking up on that. and i'll throw this one to you in terms of tying this to the presidential election vladimir milov, who was one of navalny's advisers, former deputy energy minister, told at told cnn back in december when navalny went missing that he thou

vladimir kara—murza is sentenced to 25 years in prison for treason. the beginning of the war, called putin a war criminal and a murderer, and then was arrested and sentenced to 25 years. he's also sitting in a jail cell in siberia in solitary confinement, like alexei navalny. and he won't survive. you have ilya yashin, who's another opposition leader who's serving eight years for calling the war a war. there's a there's a man named alexei goranov, who's missing a lung, who's in prison, who's dying in prison for nine years for calling the war a war. there's a bunch of vulnerable russian political prisoners that we could get out like we did in the soviet times. do you think putin would be ready to let them go in exchange for some russian spies that have been arrested in the baltic countries or whatever. i think that that that's possible and and that should be a priority right now, because who's going to run russia when the putin regime falls? do we want some weird fascist sentiment imminent? who knows? but but we have to have real people who are real op

kara-murza says he's been poisoned at least twice and sent into a coma. boris nemtsov once one of russia's most outspoken opposition leaders, was gunned down on, on a bridge at the foot of the kremlin in 2015 on a polic cuff skier, a prominent journalist was a vocal critic of putin's regime in the wars in chechnya she was shot and killed in her moscow apartment building in 2006. then there were the former russian spies who putin saw as threats with emmer. >> putin has a particular beef with people he calls traitors, and he has gone after them in various parts of the world, including in london. in the case of a former fsb agent, alexander litvinenko as well as the attack on a former soviet double agent sergei script hall and the southern english city of salisbury in 2018, former spy sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned and nearly killed in britain with the powerful nerve agent novichok, an attack which british investigators tied to putin in 2006, former russian intelligence agent alexander litvinenko, who'd been digging up information potentially

i want to highlight the case of vladimir kara—murza , another vladimir kara—murza, another oppositioniously poisoned by putin, who is in jail right now. vladimir is a dual british citizen , of course, as well. and citizen, of course, as well. and i would expect people to be redoubling efforts to save him from a similar fate given there has now been a track record of opposition leaders in russia being knocked off at various times by the putin regime . times by the putin regime. >> and of course, lastly, the presidential election set for march in russia . impact of this? march in russia. impact of this? well we knew that putin was going to win it anyway. >> and the idea that there's any serious opposition that's going to be allowed on the ballot. i mean, don't forget, in the past, navalny being navalny was stopped from being on people have on the ballot. other people have removed because they removed themselves because they know just a sham election . know it's just a sham election. of course, he's going to be re—elected because he going re—elected because he was going to the ballot reg

vladimir kara—murza, the softly spoken intellectual sentenced to 25 years for treason.e as a country, as russia, we are going to prop up fascism. and the western world could ignore it, like ignore adolf hitler in 1938. maybe coincidentally, or maybe not, today marks the ninth anniversary of the murder of boris nemtsov. earlier, foreign ambassadors attended the site where the leading opposition politician was gunned down, just outside the kremlin. the us ambassador, here laying flowers, said the sentencing of oleg orlov showed the kremlin was dragging the country back into a dark, dangerous and isolated place. there's 600 or 700 at least, maybe 1000 political prisoners in russia today, it's very easy to get seized by individual cases. but any time i think any dealings with russia, we have to keep the political prisoners at the front of that discussion. throughout proceedings, oleg orlov sat with a copy of the trial by franz kafka. it tells the story of a man put on trial by an unknown authority for an unknown crime. oleg orlev knew who was prosecuting him and what crime

like vladimir kara—murza similarly by russia, similarly poisoned by russia, went to russia and thenbroad and is probably now in great his life because great danger of his life because of the if there isn't a strong response from the west that is actually meaningful to russia, what that means is that the russian opposition movement has been deprived just of the most prominent individual. he was treated a of figurehead treated as a kind of figurehead outside country for all of outside the country for all of these different groups. but there are still plenty of different people around the world actually like to world who actually would like to see change in russia. see political change in russia. they'll to find a new they'll have to find a new rallying point, a new focus, somebody that prominent somebody else that is prominent in media their cause. >> okay, keir giles from chatham house, good to see you this morning. thanks very much indeed. goes to show, i indeed. just goes to show, i mean, there's no black and white simple answer to this this simple answer to this one. this is whate

two years ago i had the privilege of meeting this man, vladim vladimir care kara-murza. after his recovery in the united states, he made a conscience decision. he said i'm going back to russia. someone has to be willing to fight and die for freedom and democracy in that country. i said to him as he was leaving, you're going to face certain arrest and brings an opt of. he says, i know it. but i got to do it. he had to continue the fight. i'll never forget that moment of bravery and conviction in my office. not long after his return to russia, he was arrested for criticizing putin's war in ukraine. that was the same -- he showed the same kind of patriotic courage as his compatriot, alexey navalny, who died just a few days ago at the hands of vladimir putin's henchmen. putin tried to kill navalny by poison, too. through it all, like kara-murza, navalny was undeterred. his tragic fate in that prison where he had been exiled, he would murdered by vladimir putin for fighting for freedom. navalny and kara-murza, heroes, congress should look to for inspiration and courage, inste

kara—murza, now in prison in russia.sage that gets sent out here, stefan, is there any chance that anybody can possibly step up and be a legitimate political opponent to vladimir putin? they just always seem to end up dead and well, uh, back in, uh, the summer of 21, biden did warn that there's going to be severe consequences for russia if navalny dies. >> navalny has been killed. it isfime >> navalny has been killed. it is time for biden to step up something that perhaps they didn't do enough in february 22nd. it is their chance again. now one of the ways to do it is, is to use the sanctions that that, uh, america is putting on russia, increase those sanctions , but let people in russia, oligarchs in russia come out of them if they support ukraine financially , uh, they state it financially, uh, they state it and, and, uh, sway the opinion of those in russia who have the money, who have the ability to topple putin through , uh, topple putin through, uh, possible release , uh, of assets possible release, uh, of assets and

what this means in russia, what it means for russian, a putin critic, vladimir kara-murza, who has been poisoned twice, who is also serving time in a russian prison, who's security now, of course, will be a vital topic of conversation at the munich security conference and elsewhere. john and what it may be says about vladimir putin and how he feels currently about the world order, and how much of a backstop there is really against him, >> right now, michael chance to you the likely reaction inside russia, navalny, a hero in the democratic world, people look at him, they see his courage. clarissa was just mentioning what would alexey navalny do? alexey navalny went back to russia by choice after an attempted murder of him. apparently with the poison, which i'll keep shows to go back to russia to face prison there. but how is he seen inside russia? matthew yeah. >> we'll certainly there's no question over how courageous alexey navalny has been, not just in returning to russia after being poisoned, but in his concerted campaign over many years to expose official corruption i'm. at great pe

among them, vladimir kara—murza, who has british as well as russian citizenship.boulos and sarah campbell. our headlines today. conservative mp lee anderson refuses to apologise for comments aimed at london mayor sadiq khan that have been described as anti—muslim. he's been suspended from the party. us and uk fighter planes have carried out more air strikes on houthi targets in yemen in response to a surge in attacks on shipping in the red sea. donald trump is one step closer to the republican presidential nomination after a massive win in south carolina. scotland show their calcutta cup class as they win the trophy for a fourth year in a row, beating england at murrayfield in the six nations. good morning. it's a cold and locally foggy start for some of us this sunday morning. but on the whole, it is a quiet story. bright with some sunny spells around. the only exception is down in the far south—west and i will give you all the details on that and more coming up the details on that and more coming up shortly. good morning to you. it's sunday the 25th february. ou

. >> i spoke last night to evgenia kara-murza, the wife of vladimir kara-muza who is a top putin critic currently serving a 25 year sentence in siberia. and i asked her if navalny's death makes putin stronger or weaker? and this is what she said >> i believe adopts the fact that vladimir putin eliminates every single of his opponents is indeed a sign of weakness because no strong leader would have to do anything like this. >> yeah, putin in his opposition, keeps them off the ballot. maybe signs of weakness. is it enough in your opinion, of a weakness to bring putin down? >> well, obviously, you know, to bring putin down, it will require a combination of all forces that we have available. for example, we think that it's very important on the american side that congress passes the age to ukraine bill, which is stuck in the lower house right now, because in our view, that's one of the main things that can make it weaker one of those things that can actually help achieve the tree both in ukraine and russia. and >> definitely the more of these crazy actions that putin does, the more chances

i remember when volodymyr kara- murza went back, we're all worried that he would get arrested.ned. he got arrested. that's what happens if you oppose putin in russia. you go to jail. >> the thing is that these days, you go to jail not just because you oppose vladimir putin. people are going to jail for all sorts of things. a couple of weeks ago, a 72- year-old woman was given five years in a penal colony for re- posting to social media posts by somebody else. a young woman was sentenced to several years, also in a penal colony, for wearing earrings that had rainbows on them. because russia has now legally declared the lgbtq movement is an extremist movement on par with i.s.i.s.. people, russia is an environment now where students, great school students, call the police on their teachers to root them out for being insufficiently patriotic or criticizing the war, criticizing putin. teachers are calling a police on their students. there was a case in sochi, where to diners, a married couple, were sitting and quietly talking to each other about their disapproval for the war at thei

his name is vladimir kara—murza.d putin russia. um, he criticised putin openly . he russia. um, he criticised putin openly. he was arrested. um, he was put in jail and he was sentenced to 25 years. he sits in a siberia in prison and he's a british citizen. and we should be doing everything we can possibly do to get him out so that if the if and when the putin regime falls , um, we have putin regime falls, um, we have somebody who believes in democracy to pick up the pieces. >> so you see kara—murza then as carrying that torch for freedom and democracy. chances, and democracy. the chances, though, being able to get him though, of being able to get him out prison when we've got an out of prison when we've got an election, i think it's next month on in russia. we month going on in russia. we know the timing this is know the timing of this is outrageous attack on on navalny is clearly linked to next month's election. and how much are the russians even hearing about any of this ? about any of this? >> well, i was just rea

and if that does i not happen, mrs kara-murza says it not happen, mrs kara—murza says it is time for fair elections for more than 20 years— no free and fair elections for more than 20 years. would you be ready to sa that? than 20 years. would you be ready to say that? well. _ than 20 years. would you be ready to say that? well, let's _ than 20 years. would you be ready to say that? well, let's see _ than 20 years. would you be ready to say that? well, let's see what - say that? well, let's see what happens when those elections come to pass. there will be a statement from the prime minister or the foreign secretary in the house tomorrow on the situation in russia. they may well come forward with further sanctions, and of course if it is the case, it will be backed by labour. ., i. the case, it will be backed by labour. ., y., ., the case, it will be backed by labour. ., ., , labour. you say you would support the government, _ labour. you say you would support the government, and _ labour. you say you would support the government, and suggesting i labour. you say you would support - th