Prokhorov fears that in reality this sentence is even more serious than it sounds. Kara-Murza, a dual Russian-British citizen who has survived two near-fatal poisonings by Kremlin agents, was jailed for 25 years last month for publicly criticising Putin, his war on Ukraine and his “regime of murderers”. It’s not helpful for them, it’s not helpful for society, it’s not helpful for myself.” But it is not a good idea to be detained in prison near your clients. “It was a difficult decision to leave the country,” he tells i in a phone call from Berlin. “I’m a lawyer who struggles for human rights, always. It was clear that the cost of supporting his ally any longer could have been jail, or worse. The justice campaigner had to flee the country for his own safety recently after daring to represent Vladimir Kara-Murza, a celebrated pro-democracy activist.
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