Biden meets with russian opposition leader Kara-Murza after his release from russian prison

Biden meets with russian opposition leader Kara-Murza after his release from russian prison

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August 16 2024, 11:36 AM • 16076 views

US President Joe Biden meets with Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza in the Oval Office. Kara-Murza was released from a Russian prison as part of a large-scale prisoner exchange between the United States, Russia and other countries.

U.S. President Joe Biden met with Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was recently released from a Russian prison, as part of an exchange. Biden said this in X, UNN reports .

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Volodymyr spent two and a half years in unjust imprisonment in Russia for opposing Russia's war in Ukraine. Today his family is back together again

- Biden wrote. 

He also posted a photo with Kara-Murza and his family in the Oval Office. 

Addendum

Vladimir Kara-Murza, who survived two poisonings in 2015 and 2017, has been in a Russian detention center since April 2022. In 2023, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison under articles on spreading "fakes" about the Russian army, the activities of an "undesirable" organization and "high treason".

Kara-Murza called Russia an aggressor country and spoke about war crimes, publicly claimed election fraud and human rights violations in Russia.

Recall

Vladimir Kara-Murza was released on August 1 in the largest prisoner exchange since the Cold War between the United States, Russia and five other countries.