CNN —Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition politician and one of President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, has described the psychological torture he endured during 11 months in solitary confinement, saying he thought he would die in a Siberian cell.
“Just a little over two weeks ago, I was still sitting in my solitary confinement cell in a harsh regime prison colony in Siberia.
And I was certain that I was going to end my life in the prison,” Kara-Murza said.
But Kara-Murza was taken to a passenger airport in Omsk and loaded onto a plane headed for Moscow.
Now enjoying his freedom and time with his family, Kara-Murza has promised to return to Russia.
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