Vladimir Kara-Murza: Defying Putin
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The Magnitsky Act and the Russian Opposition
I'm sure that these were people in some way connected to the Russian domestic security services just judging by the way it was done. I didn't receive any threats there were no warnings this just happened out of the blue both times both in 2015 and now but if I were to name the most likely reason I would say it was definitely the Magnitsky Act. In so many ways Vladimir Putin's regime is similar to what we had back in the Soviet times We have media censorship, political prisoners dozens of people sitting in jail only for their political beliefs and political activities. They want to use all the privileges and freedoms and opportunities of the western world when it comes for themselves and for their families and also
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