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☆ Biden Praises ‘Absolute Courage’ of U.S. Journalist Detained in Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Matthew Mpoke Bigg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It is also the first time that a Western journalist in Russia has been charged with espionage since the end of the Cold War. “Evan and Austin should be released immediately along with every other American held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad,” Mr. Biden said. Debra and Marc Tice, the parents of Mr. Tice, wrote an opinion article, published in The Washington Post last August, in which they urged Mr. Biden to step up diplomatic efforts to free him. Mr. Biden also called for the release of Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine serving a 16-year prison sentence in Russia on what the United States says are fabricated charges of espionage, and addressed Brittney Griner, a W.N.B.A. star who was freed in a prisoner swap in December after being detained for nearly 10 months in Russia.

☆ Opinion: Russia has stifled another Putin opponent. Here’s how the West might help him
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Opinion Casey Michel | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Editor’s Note: Casey Michel is the director of the Human Rights Foundation’s Combating Kleptocracy Program. While the West must continue to call for the release of those two high-profile political prisoners, it should not overlook Kara-Murza. US lawmakers in the US Congress have issued a range of congressional resolutions and individual statements highlighting Kara-Murza’s plight. The disjointed Western response to Kara-Murza’s plight only works to Russia’s advantage. It’s long past time to create a coordinating body to ensure that Western sanctions packages are aligned and airtight.

☆ Putin's political enemies and Kremlin critics face an 'extremely dangerous' situation in Russia right now
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

"All of the opposition political leaders are either in jail or under restrictive measures or outside of the country. The oppression of political opposition figures in Russia is nothing new. Some accuse the Russian state of trying to poison them, while others have died in suspicious circumstances. Evgenia Novozhenina | ReutersThe persecution of political opposition figures attracted global attention in 2020 when the high-profile Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent. Russian political analyst Tatiana Stanovaya agreed that "it's extremely dangerous" to be a critic of the Kremlin now, no matter what your background is.

Then on Monday, opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza was jailed for treason and spreading "false information" about Russia's war in Ukraine. loadingThe Kremlin says it has no say over court decisions and Navalny's treatment is a matter for the prison service. Putin has told Russians that the West is seeking to use traitors as a "fifth column" to sow discord and ultimately destroy Russia. ARREST WARRANTThe trend has accelerated since March 17, when Putin was accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court. Russia's prison service did not reply to a request for comment.

☆ Kremlin critic Yashin defiant after losing appeal against long jail term
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Andrew Osborn | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Yashin's appeal was turned down two days after his fellow Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was jailed for 25 years on charges of treason and also, like Yashin, "knowingly spreading false information". "The sentence handed down to me is staggering: eight-and-a-half years in prison for a 20-minute speech on the Internet. After Yashin was convicted in December, President Vladimir Putin was asked about the case during a news conference, and asked who Yashin was. In court, Yashin predicted that Russia would one day be a very different place. "I will become one of those who will build a new, free and happy Russia on the ruins of Putinism."

There's been an international outcry after a Russian court sentenced Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison for treason, and other charges including spreading "false" information about the Russian army. Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said "Russia's lack of commitment to protecting fundamental human rights, including freedom of expression, is alarming. We continue to urge Russia to adhere to its international obligations including Vladimir Kara-Murza's entitlement to proper healthcare." Elsewhere, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement that the 25-year prison sentence was "another blow to the rule of law and civic space in the Russian Federation." "No one should be deprived of their liberty for exercising their human rights, and I call on the Russian authorities to release him without delay," Turk said.

☆ Russian Court Sentences Putin Critic Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 Years for Treason
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza during a court hearing in Moscow on Monday. A Russian court convicted Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza for treason and sentenced him to 25 years in prison after he criticized the government of President Vladimir Putin and his invasion of Ukraine. The sentence is the longest to have been handed to a Russian opposition figure since the war in Ukraine began in February last year. It comes after a sweeping clampdown on all forms of dissent and the detentions of more than 20,000 antiwar activists for participation in protest rallies, social-media posts and even private conversations denouncing Mr. Putin.

☆ Russian Court Sentences Kremlin Critic Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 Years for Treason
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza during a court hearing in Moscow on Monday. A Russian court sentenced Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison for treason, a charge that he described as trumped up to punish him for his opposition to the government of President Vladimir Putin and the invasion of Ukraine. The sentencing is the harshest punishment in terms of prison time for a Russian opposition figure since the war in Ukraine began in February last year. It comes after a sweeping clampdown on all forms of dissent and the detentions of more than 20,000 antiwar activists for participation in protest rallies, social-media posts and even private conversations denouncing Mr. Putin.

☆ Factbox: Who is Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

April 17 (Reuters) - Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza was convicted of treason by a Moscow court on Monday and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Kara-Murza, 41, is a historian, journalist and opposition politician who holds Russian and British passports and studied in England at Cambridge University. He was a close associate of Boris Nemtsov, a leading opposition figure who was assassinated near the Kremlin in 2015, and continued to speak out against President Vladimir Putin despite the mounting risks. Twice, in 2015 and 2017, Kara-Murza suddenly fell ill in what he said were poisonings by the Russian security services, on both occasions falling into a coma before eventually recovering. Kara-Murza was arrested in April 2022, hours after CNN broadcast an interview in which he said Russia was being run by a "regime of murderers".

☆ Factbox: Kara-Murza becomes latest Putin opponent to get long jail term
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Maxim ShemetovApril 17 (Reuters) - Sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison on charges including treason, Vladimir Kara-Murza joined a growing list of Russians who have received long jail terms after speaking out against President Vladimir Putin or the invasion of Ukraine. The 25-year term he received was the harshest of its kind since Russia invaded its neighbour last February. ILYA YASHINOpposition politician Yashin was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison in December 2022 on charges of spreading "false information" about the army. ALEXEI GORINOVGorinov, a Moscow district councillor, was jailed for seven years in July 2022 on charges of spreading false information about the armed forces. ALEXEI MOSKALYOVMoskalyov was investigated by police after his daughter Masha, then 12, drew an anti-war picture at school in 2022.

State prosecutors, who had requested the court jail him for 25 years, had accused him of treason and of discrediting the Russian military after he criticised what Moscow calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine. In a CNN interview broadcast hours before he was arrested, Kara-Murza had alleged that Russia was being run by a "regime of murderers." He had also used speeches in the United States and across Europe to accuse Moscow of bombing civilian targets in Ukraine, a charge it has rejected. I also know that the day will come when the darkness over our country will dissipate," he had said. Kara-Murza's lawyers say that as a result, he suffers from a serious nerve disorder called polyneuropathy.

☆ Putin critic facing up to 25 years in jail to learn fate on Monday
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MOSCOW, April 17 (Reuters) - Facing up to a quarter of a century in jail on treason charges he denies, Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza is expected to learn his fate on Monday when a Moscow court pronounces a verdict and sentences him. The court is expected to start delivering its verdict at 11 a.m. (0800 GMT). In his final speech to the court, Kara-Murza compared his trial to one of Josef Stalin's show trials in the 1930s. He declined to ask the court to acquit him and said he stood by and was proud of everything he had said. I also know that the day will come when the darkness over our country will dissipate," he said.

☆ Wife of jailed Putin critic says 25-year sentence is 'recognition' of his work
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - The wife of Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza said on Monday that the 25-year prison sentence a Russian court handed him was recognition of the effectiveness of his work and showed that authorities fear him. Evgenia Kara-Murza spoke at a Washington Post event about the sentence on charges of treason and other offenses Kara-Murza denies committing. State prosecutors also accused him of discrediting the Russian military after spreading "knowingly false information" about its conduct in what Moscow calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine. "I understand that this sentence is the high recognition of the effectiveness of Vladimir’s work," she said at the event that was streamed online, alongside an attorney for her husband. "This sentence shows that they’re so afraid of him and they hate him so much for his consistency, for his courage, for his amazing bravery," she added.

☆ Russian journalists demand politician Kara-Murza's release ahead of 'Stalinist' treason verdict
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Andrew Osborn | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The appeal to release Vladimir Kara-Murza, 41, came ahead of a court hearing in Moscow as his trial, which the journalists likened to the political terror meted out by Soviet leader Josef Stalin in the 1930s, draws to a close. Russian state prosecutors on Thursday requested a 25-year prison sentence for Kara-Murza, a father of three and author and former journalist who holds Russian and British passports. The letter petitioning for Kara-Murza's release was signed by many journalists who have fled the country. "We demand that the Russian authorities, law enforcement officers and judges return to the path of justice. Russian authorities deny any involvement in the alleged attacks.

☆ Ukraine war: The latest news
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

BATTLEFIELD* The Russian-installed head of Donetsk said Russian forces controlled more than 75% of the besieged city of Bakhmut. * Russia and Ukraine carried out a major prisoner swap, with 106 Russian captives being freed in exchange for 100 Ukrainians. LEAKED DOCUMENTS* Ukraine has been forced to amend some military plans ahead of a much-vaunted counter-offensive because of a leak of classified U.S. documents, CNN reported. [1/4] A Ukrainian serviceman clears a trench amid Russia's attack on Ukraine at the frontline near Donetsk, Ukraine, April 8, 2023. * Ukraine is seeking a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, believing it should be more involved in resolving the war.

☆ US sanctions three people for abuse of Russian opposition politician
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Katharine Jackson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on three Russians it accused of serious human rights abuses against Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was arrested last year after speaking out against the war in Ukraine. The U.S. Treasury Department said the sanctions target Elena Anatolievna Lenskaya, Andrei Andreevich Zadachin and Danila Yurievich Mikheev for abuses under the Global Magnitsky Act. Kara-Murza, who holds both British and Russian citizenship and was a pallbearer at the 2018 funeral of U.S. Senator John McCain, was a close aide to opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead in central Moscow in 2015. Kara-Murza has pushed for the U.S., Canada, European Union and Britain to use Magnitsky-style sanctions to target human rights abusers and corrupt actors in Russia, the Treasury Department said.

☆ Un moldovean va fi despăgubit de stat cu 72 de mii de lei pentru plasare ilegală în puşcărie
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-25 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Curtea Supremă de Justiție a dispus achitarea din buget a 72 de mii de lei către un bărbat privat ilegal de libertate în penitenciar. Potrivit Asociaţiei Promo-LEX, care a asigurat apărarea bărbatului, acesta a stat 36 de zile în penitenciar, din cauza că încheierea magistraţilor de eliberare a acestuia nu a fost transmisă imediat spre executare. Reclamantul a susținut că a fost deținut peste termen și are dreptul la repararea prejudiciului moral cauzat prin detenție ilegală și apreciază acest prejudiciu la suma de 72.000 lei (câte două mii lei pentru fiecare zi de detenție ilegală). Iniţial, instanţa a dispus achitarea a 15 200 de lei cu titlu de prejudiciu, însă bărbatul a contestat decizia la Curtea de Apel Chişinău, care a respins recursul. Ulterior, Curtea Supremă de Justiţie a dispus repararea prejudiciului material și moral și compensarea cheltuielilor de judecată, prin încasarea de la bugetul de stat, în beneficiul lui Vladimir Karatun, a sumei de 72.000 lei, considerată de magistrați drept una echitabilă.

Persons: Vladimir Karatun Organizations: Supremă de Justiție, Apel Locations: Justiţie

☆ DOC/ Statul trebuie să achite prejudiciu în sumă de 72 de mii de lei unui bărbat, „deținut ilegal pe o perioadă de 36 de zile”
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-25 | by ( Mudrii Elena | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +2 min

Curtea Supremă de Justiție (CSJ) a dispus încasarea din bugetul de stat a sumei de 72 de mii de lei în beneficul unui bărbat „deținut ilegal pe o perioadă de 36 de zile”. „În actele de dispoziție a instanțelor, observăm că s-a constatat încălcarea în privință reclamantului a prevederilor art. 5 paragraful 1 din Convenție în rezultatul privării ilegale de libertate pe un termen de 36 zile, cu aplicarea directă a Convenției. 5 din Convenție”, declară avocata Asociației Promo-LEX Victoria Donica, care l-a reprezentat în instanță pe Vladimir Karatun. Potrivit Promo-LEX, bărbatul urma să fie eliberat din detenție pe 9 august 2019, dar din motiv că încheierea Judecătoriei Chișinău, sediul Ciocana nu a fost transmisă imediat spre executare instituției penitenciare Vladimir Karatun a fost eliberat din detenție abia pe 18 septembrie 2019.

Persons: Supremă de Justiție, Vladimir, Vladimir Karatun, Victoria Donica Organizations: Supremă de, Apel, Justiției, Convenția Europeană, Drepturilor, Ministerul Finanțelor, de Justiție Locations: Apel Chișinău, Chișinău

☆ CSJ a dispus plata a 72 de mii de lei unui bărbat privat ilegal de libertate
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-25 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +3 min

CSJ a dispus plata a 72 de mii de lei unui bărbat privat ilegal de libertateCurtea Supremă de Justiție a dispus încasarea din bugetul de stat a sumei de 72 de mii de lei în beneficul unui bărbat privat ilegal de libertate în penitenciar. Însă, din motiv că încheierea Judecătoriei Chișinău (sediul Ciocana) nu a fost transmisă imediat spre executare instituției penitenciare, Vladimir Karatun a fost eliberat din detenție, abia la data de 18 septembrie 2019. Instanța a dispus încasarea în beneficiul reclamantului a sumei de 15 200 lei cu titlu de prejudiciu moral. 5 din Convenție, CSJ a acordat compensații de aproximativ două mii de lei pentru fiecare zi de detenție ilegală. Potrivit avocatei Promo-LEX, Victoria Donica, în actele de dispoziție ale instanțelor, s-a constatat încălcarea în privință reclamantului a prevederilor art.

Persons: CSJ, Vladimir Karatun, Instanța, Victoria Organizations: de Justiție, Convenția Europeană, Administrația Națională, Apel, Justiție, CEDO Locations: Chișinău, Apel Chișinău, Convenție

Însă, din motiv că Încheierea Judecătoriei Chișinău (sediul Ciocana) nu a fost transmisă imediat spre executare instituției penitenciare, Vladimir Karatun a fost eliberat din detenție, abia la data de 18 septembrie 2019. Prin urmare, instanța a dispus încasarea, în beneficiul reclamantului, a sumei de 15.200 lei cu titlu de prejudiciu moral. În aprilie 2021, reclamantul, dar și ANP au declarat recurs împotriva deciziei Curții de Apel Chișinău din 11 martie 2021. În motivarea recursului, Administrația Națională a Penitenciarelor a invocat ilegalitatea deciziei instanței de apel și a indicat că, reclamantul nu are dreptul să solicite despăgubiri pecuniare prin prisma prevederilor Legii nr. Potrivit avocatei Asociației Promo-LEX, Donica (Gamurari) Victoria: ” În actele de dispoziție a instanțelor, observăm că s-a constatat încălcarea în privință reclamantului a prevederilor art.

Persons: Vladimir Karatun, . Organizations: Supremă de Justiție, Convenția Europeană, Drepturilor, CEDO, Administrația Națională, Apel, Curtea, Justiție, de Justiție Locations: Moldova, Chișinău, Apel Chișinău, Convenție, LEX, Victoria

Însă, din motiv că Încheierea Judecătoriei Chișinău (sediul Ciocana) nu a fost transmisă imediat spre executare instituției penitenciare, Vladimir Karatun a fost eliberat din detenție, abia la data de 18 septembrie 2019. În aceste condiții, magistrații au constatat că deținerea reclamantului în perioada 9 august – 18 septembrie 2019, a fost una arbitrară și nejustificată, contrară prevederilor art. Prin urmare, instanța a dispus încasarea, în beneficiul reclamantului, a sumei de 15.200 lei cu titlu de prejudiciu moral. În aprilie 2021, reclamantul, dar și ANP au declarat recurs împotriva deciziei Curții de Apel Chișinău din 11 martie 2021. În motivarea recursului, Administrația Națională a Penitenciarelor a invocat ilegalitatea deciziei instanței de apel și a indicat că, reclamantul nu are dreptul să solicite despăgubiri pecuniare prin prisma prevederilor Legii nr.

Persons: Vladimir Karatun Organizations: Convenția Europeană, Drepturilor, CEDO, Administrația Națională, Apel, Curtea, Justiție, de Justiție Locations: Chișinău, Apel Chișinău, Convenție, LEX

☆ „Vrem să vedem sate vii și oameni implicați”- de la măsuri de conservare a tradițiilor - la crearea condițiilor moderne de infrastructură
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-13 | by ( Corina Seremet | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +9 min

Acces la apă și canalizare, suport în conservarea tradițiilor și meșteșugurilor locale, în dezvoltarea și păstrarea valorilor culturale, sunt doar câteva dintre obiectivele pe care le realizează Uniunea Europeană (UE) prin finanțarea Grupurilor de Acțiune Locală (GAL). Mihail Caraman, antreprenor, satul Bașcalia, beneficiar GAL „Steaua Bugeacului”Inițiativa UE-LEADER încurajează și dezvoltarea sectorului apicol. Vrem să vedem sate vii, oameni care sunt implicați în dezvoltarea potențialului propriu, care au posibilitatea să-și unească forțele și să-și construiască un viitor înfloritor”, a reiterat Ambasadorul UE. Larisa Caraman, managera GAL-ului „Steaua Bugeacului”, foto: UE pentru Moldova RuralăExperiența GAL-ului „ECO Düz Ialpugel” arată că dezvoltarea localităților poate fi multilaterală. Managera GAL-ului Svetlana Reguș menționează că grupul a reușit să susțină proiecte din toate domeniile.

Persons: Valeriu Porubin, Mihail Caraman, Peter Michalko, . El, Patricia Varzari, Vladimir Kara, Larisa Caraman, ECO, Svetlana Reguș, Ecaterina Dombrovscaia, Moldova Rurală Ecaterina, Andrei Organizations: Uniunea Europeană, UE, UTA, Agenția, Steaua Locations: UTA Găgăuzia, Leova, Congaz, Bașcalia, străinătate, Portugalia, Moldova, Austria, Bugeac, România, Ucraina, Federația Rusă, Găgăuzia, Moldova Rurală, Gagauz

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