Russian opposition figure Kara-Murza is moved to another prison and back in solitary confinement

Published January 30, 2024 2:39 am

By DASHA LITVINOVA
Associated Press

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Lawyers for Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., who is serving a 25-year sentence for treason, say he has been transferred to another prison in Siberia and placed in solitary confinement again over an alleged minor infraction. The move comes amid unrelenting pressure on Russian dissidents at home and abroad that has intensified significantly since President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine almost two years ago. Kara-Murza was held in a penal colony in the Omsk region. His lawyer said Tuesday she received a letter from him in which he wrote that he had been transferred to another penal colony and placed in a restricted housing unit.

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