the universe of like a superpower and we're serious. 40 to the answers almost everything this week on d. w with this is dw news coming to you live from berlin. russia silence is one of its strongest critics. a journalist and top opposition activist receives a hefty jail term after he's convicted of treason for publicly denouncing moscow's more in ukraine. this is not a life sentence, this is a death sentence. they will basically kill him in prison. will speak to

a friend and former colleague of his about the said, also coming out, heavy fighting and sedans, capital cartoon, as a power struggle between the army and a paramilitary group enters the 3rd day, the united nations says more than 180 people have now been killed ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. western governments and human rights organizations have widely condemned the sentencing of kremlin critic vladimir carry mercer to 25 years and a russian labor camp. moscow court convicted the prominent russian journalist and political activists of treason and spreading dis information about the russian military. kara morsa had denied the charges. the u. s. ambassador to russia said the sentence was a sign of moscow's weakness, not strength. and was clearly an attempt to silence dissent. kara morris's lawyer

told d w that given her clients poor health, the jail term amounted to a death sentence. a so called strict regime labor camp in russia. it's the kind of prison in which vladimir kind of mertsa may now spend the next 25 years of his life . the dual russian and british citizen is one of russia's laws, prominent opposition, figures. he's been behind balls since april 2022. russian authorities arrested canada after he did now. thrushes, so called special military operation and ukraine. during his speech to american politicians, he was 1st charge with spreading false information about the russian military. then russian prosecute is added a charge of treason, the son of a soviet era journalist carol mertsa has worked to the journalist and political activists. since he was 16, he served as part of the coordinating council of the russian opposition. and the

enjo open russia. he was also widely seen as a protege of mad at opposition lead a bars nymphs of was gone down near the kremlin in 2015. karamazov also alleges he was the target of political violence, twice narrowly surviving. what talk to described as intentional poisonings. long an outspoken critic of latin putin, kalamazoo remained defiant during his trial, saying he is proud of his statements and looks forward to the day when the people who are least rushes invasion of ukraine are recognized as criminals. earlier i spoke with bill browder. he used to be one of the largest foreign investors in russia. he's a former colleague and close friend of lot of me, kara morris. he shared his thoughts with us about the sentencing. i mean, thought is just the absolute horror. vladimir is again a guy who is in ill health at the moment because they tried to poison him twice.

he's losing the sensation in both of his feet because of the nerve damage of those poisonings, dead and he can barely walk. now. he's lost about 20 kilos, and as his lawyer said, this is not a life sentence, this is a death sentence. they will, they will basically kill him in prison if he has to carry on with the sems. and so i'm crying on the inside right now for my friend and my colleague, because what they're doing to him is just truly in humane karma. morsa holds both russian and british passports has the british government bill done all it can to help? the answer is no. so the 1st thing that we did my cell for him and his wife, you have gania, after he was arrested was we went to different countries that had pass the magnet ski at the meghan sky at freeze of the assets and bands, the visas of human rights violators and vladimir was,

was absolutely essential in getting this law passed and we went to them and said you need to sanction the perpetrators who have put him in his persecutors, essentially. and canada, sanction them united states, sanction them. but britain, where he has got citizenship, has not sanctioned them. so britain is effectively doing nothing for their own citizen while other countries where he doesn't have any connection or doing all sorts of things. and so it's quite remarkable how passive the british government has been in the care of moore's case. so far. this verdict sends a terrifying message to those who oppose the government's policies in russia, especially those who oppose the war, will any one there dare to speak out against putin after this? well, i think that that's one of the purposes of having such a crazy and exaggerated jail sense is,

is not just to punish vladimir who is at certainly an enemy of the regime. but it's that it's to send a message to everybody else who might be thinking about standing up to putin might be thinking about standing up against the war that look, you know, you're going to get either a life sentence or a death sense if you do. and so very few people are so brave as to take that risk to, to make that sacrifice. and so i think that that putin has probably achieved one of his big games, which is to effectively terrorize his own citizens. i've got a quote here. i'd like to share with our viewers are these are remarks that vladimir kara morrison made at the closing session of his trial in moscow. he told the judge that quote, the day will come when the darkness over our country will dissipate when a war will be called a war. and are you, sir, per you, sir, per and when those who kindle this on a kindled and unleashed this war rather than those who tried to stop it, will be recognized as criminals. bill broader. do you share your friends faith in

russia's future? well, you know, in any kind of partnership there, there are the, you know, the people seeing the glass half full and the half glass half empty i'm, i'm more of a pessimist. and i do hope that that one day russia will be a better place. but i, it's hard for me to see anything good when vladimir has basically been been locked up for the rest of his life for the simple crime of protesting the war and calling food and human rights violator. it's very hard for me to have any optimism about anything right now. as you mentioned, sanctions were imposed upon russia for different reasons. those sanctions have been tightened to since the ukraine, the, the full scale invasion of ukraine by, by russia. what do you suggest, bill? that could be done to help people like your friend who's now facing 25 years in jail. well, i'm so far as some,

some countries haven't sanctioned the individuals involved in a mere persecution. those countries should. and when i say those countries, i mean the eu has not sanctioned his persecutors. the you should, britain should, australia should. i think every single person, every judge was involved in his there are 3 judges. every judge involved in this, every prosecutor, every police been involved in this trumped up case, should find themselves nate, their names permanently indelibly on a list so that they, that when the regime falls, they can't travel anywhere. but they keep that can't keep their assets in the west and it should be the we should make an example of them in the same way as they're making an example of vladimir. it should go both ways. bill, thank you very much for talking with us today. that's the ceo of hermitage, capital management, and human rights activists. bill broader un secretary general antonia good terrorist has called on the rival factions in sudan to immediately seize

hostilities and restore. call this as heavy fighting between the countries army and rival her militaries, a gravestone to a 3rd day. the fighting has spread beyond the capital cartoon. military forces are battling the so called rapid support forces for control of the strategic town of moreover, and it's airport as well as the country's main seaport, port sudan, the 2 sides were intending to merge, but became locked in a power struggle. the un says that more than 180 people have now been killed since fighting began on saturday. blue fighter jet over the skies of car, tim cleans thick smoke. and the ominous rumble of gunfire. signal that the conflict is spilling over into a 3rd day. to dance army and the

paramilitary group, the rapid support forces all r s f. have turn their guns on each other. just months after signing a deal to restore a civilian rule. the violence is already seen schools of death left the cities airport and top military buildings. badly scarred concern is mounting internationally about what this violence means for the stability in sudan and the region. speaking on the side lines of a g 7 summit in japan, u. s. secretary of state antony, blinkin cooled fur ton to piece ah, was raleigh help you again across all of our partners on the need for an immediate cease fire and a return to toss talks that were very promising in putting sudan on the path to a full transition to civilian, let the government of people in sedan want the military back in the bears. they

want democracy. they want us, italy like government sudan needs to return to their path because the clutches are interruption of a long simmering power struggle between the army and the r s. f. he fest joined forces to alst fulman dictator, oma alba, shia in 2019 former prime minister abdullah ham dock wound of straying from sedans, current political pulse. we have said good bye to dictate that she forever. we can have reversal with enough setbacks, but will never be defeated. the r s f and the army, blame each other for starting the conflict and fight, say they went back down, catch up on a few other stories making news around the world today. russia's foreign minister sergey lab rob has arrived in the brazilian capital, where he was welcomed by his counterpart,

is also due to meet brazil's president louisa nazi lu. desilva is proposing that a number of nations, including brazil and china could act as mediators and the conflict between moscow and keep me on mars. military junta has announced to release of over $3000.00 prisoners to mark the buddhist new year. the military has arrested thousands in a bloody crackdown on descent. and since it grabbed power 2 years ago, but it's not clear political detainees are among those about the lease in italy have found nearly 2 tons of cocaine loading off the east coast of sicily. 30 said the record haul had a market value of more than 400000000 euros. according to officials, the drugs were likely left at sea for later recovery and transportation to the mainland by criminal, gay, and the commercial spaceflight company space x has postponed its test launch of the world biggest and most powerful rocket for at least 48 hours. last all was called

off due to a booster problem. one day founder ellen musk hopes to use the 120 meter tall starships to send people to the moon and mars in. but as league a football, how to balloons 5 to defeat to chicago, the weekend was too much for the clubs hierarchy. they've sacked coach sandro spots and appointed pile dar, die for a 3rd stint in charge. when babies, how about i is backed up mortise. he's home away from home, georgia. but when he been, he is not here to promise anything one game at a time and results results results results. this dark eyes task once again is to save the clap from relegation. just as he did in 2021 in his 1st int, in charge from 2015 to 2019, even met the club in to europe in the euroleague. how times have changed.

previous coach sandra spots departed with hertz her on a 6 game winless streak including the we can thrashing of the hands of relegation, rivals chalka. despite huge investments, the club is continued to struggle on the pitch and to find an identity degree to credibility. and i don't want to insult my players saying boss about this or bags. what's important to me is what happens next week. you feel if we're being honest, there have been lots of mistakes we need to correct. so i can already see some things that aren't working here. so sir, in each function if i up dot, i knows he'll need some luck along the way too. because if he can keep them up hatta who drink to that but isn't oh, brazilian footballer, danny albert has testified in a spanish court. the for barcelona star is accused of raping a woman in

a barcelona nightclub last december of this has been in jail since late january, but has denied any wrongdoing and has told the judge she had consensual sex with the alleged victim. you're watching dw news up next close up. looks at the struggle for abortion rights in poland. course you get all the latest news information any time you want on our website at d, w dot com. i'm terry martin. for me it's all of us here. thanks for watching the trio taking on nigerian trafficking edwards. i'm ready for these did over those mounting evidence that nigerian human trafficking enforced constitution are also taking place here in the school with.