The trial has begun in Moscow of the most recent Russian opposition activist to face costs over talking out in opposition to the Kremlin.
Vladimir Kara-Murza is accused of treason for spreading what prosecutors declare was 'pretend information' in regards to the Russian military. He faces 25 years in jail.
His lawyer, Vadim Prokhorov, mentioned the trial was politically motivated and unduly accelerated.
"It's apparent that the authorities determined to carry the trial of Kara-Murza at a cosmic tempo, as shortly as doable, the following listening to is already on Thursday 16 March, and sadly there isn't any doubt what the ultimate verdict can be."
On the European Parliament, distinguished liberal MEP for Renew Europe, Man Verhofstadt, spoke out in opposition to Moscow's therapy of Kara-Murza and different Kremlin opponents.
"I believe that this parliament throughout this session has to face by them and to place again on the desk the liberation of Alexei Navalny and with them of all political prisoners, as Russia`s Vladimir Kara-Murza was in jail, Alexei Gorinov and lots of others arrested for talking out in opposition to the struggle in Ukraine," he mentioned.
Kara-Murza is a Western-educated activist who was an in depth affiliate of the assassinated opposition chief Boris Nemtsov.
In October final yr, the Parliamentary Meeting of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, awarded its Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize to Vladimir Kara-Murza.
He's amongst a number of critics of Vladimir Putin to have been detained since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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