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Kremlin critic decried for ‘racist’ rant on minorities fighting for Russia

Vladimir Kara-Murza has suggested ethnic minority troops find it ‘easier’ to carry out fatal attacks in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Antidote review – gripping study of dissidents and whistleblowers in Putin’s crosshairs

Christo Grozev, forced to flee Austria for his journalistic investigation of secret Russian operations, is the central focus of a dynamic and powerful story

The Guardian - UK

Russian opposition figure says fears of his mother's poisoning in Berlin proved false

A prominent Russian opposition politician freed as part of the largest East-West civilian prisoner swap since the Cold War says that fears of his mother’s poisoning in Berlin have proven false

The Independent UK

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Russian Opposition Figures Lead Anti-Putin March In Berlin

Protest in Berlin led by Russian opposition figures demands democracy in Russia and criticizes Putin's actions in Ukraine.

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Russian Opposition Marches Against Putin In Berlin

Around 1,500 supporters of Russia's exiled opposition marched Sunday through central Berlin -- led by Yulia Navalnaya and chanting "No to war!"

International Business Times

Russia's Exiled Opposition Hopes For Rebirth With Berlin Rally

Russia's opposition will stage a major anti-war, anti-Kremlin demonstration in Berlin this weekend, a vital test for a movement driven into exile by war and repression, and plagued by infighting.

International Business Times

Putin regime will collapse without warning, says freed gulag dissident

Vladimir Kara-Murza and his wife, Evgenia, speak of his time in a Siberian jail

The Guardian - UK

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Russian prisoner freed in swap urges UK not to let hundreds more ‘die off’

Vladimir Kara-Murza tells Keir Starmer that further exchanges are a matter of ‘life and death’

The Guardian - UK

The downfall of Putin is inevitable, says freed dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza

Exclusive: Key British-Russian activist tells Tom Watling that even if he and other opposition leaders are killed, others will come in their place to challenge Putin, as he thanked The Independent for reporting his plight

The Independent UK

Kremlin prisoner-swap exclusive: How I survived 11 months in Putin’s gulag

Vladimir Kara-Murza, one of the faces of Russian opposition to Putin alongside Evan Gershkovich, sits down with The Independent for the first time since being freed in a historic prisoner swap. Tom Watling reports

The Independent UK

Freed Putin Critic Recounts 'Miracle' Release In Historic Swap

It has been around six weeks since Vladimir Kara-Murza swapped his prison long-johns and rubber flip flops for sharp suits, but the major opponent of the Kremlin says he is still adjusting to reality.

International Business Times

Ukraine war briefing: Woman dies as Moscow air defences repel Ukrainian drones, officials say

Dire warnings to Iran over ballistic missiles for Russia; Swedish aid package holds out possibility of Gripen fighter jets. What we know on day 930

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 928

As the war enters its 928th day, these are the main developments.

Al Jazeera

Kremlin Opponent Kara-Murza Urges Against 'Face-saving Exit' For Putin In Ukraine War

A leading opponent of Vladimir Putin, freed in a prisoner swap last month, on Monday urged the West against allowing the Russian leader any "face-saving" way out of the war against Ukraine, saying the end of his quarter-century of rule was the only solution for peace.

International Business Times

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The Guardian - UK

Goodbye to Russia by Sarah Rainsford review – falling foul of Putin

This compelling chronicle of post-Soviet Russia by the BBC’s former Moscow correspondent captures vividly the tyranny and dark comedy of the president’s rule

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Backlash at freed Russians calling for eased sanctions and negotiation

Dissidents released by western efforts backtrack – ‘Ukraine must win’; Kyiv targeted with missiles and drones. What we know on day 895

The Conversation

Evan Gershkovich prisoner swap was great news but it sets a worrying precedent for future hostage taking

Reporters Without Borders has welcomed the release of hostages by Russia, including Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal and Alsu Kurmasheva of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. But it has stressed that: “Neither should have spent a single day in a Russian prison for doing their job … we emphasise…

The Guardian - UK

Russian dissidents freed in prisoner swap speak of deal ‘dilemma’

Activists say they never agreed to leave their homeland and vow to continue fighting for democracy in Russia

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The Independent UK

Freed prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza: I told the Russians ‘I’ll be back sooner than you think’

Dissident says his removal from Russia was illegal and that he will return to his motherland soon

Evening Standard

Released prisoner Yashin: I was expelled from Russia against my will, not exchanged

‘This is my expulsion from Russia against my will,’ Ilya Yashin told reporters on Friday

International Business Times

Freed Russian Dissidents Bittersweet On Historic Swap

Russian dissidents freed as part of a prisoner swap between Moscow and the West this week shared their mixed feelings Friday about the deal at a news conference in Germany.

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President Biden Oversees Emotional Reunion Of Released Detainees

President Biden oversees emotional prisoner exchange involving former US Marine Paul Whelan and others released from Russian custody, showcasing reunions w...

France 24

FSB and sleeper agents among the Russians freed in prisoner swap

Members of Russia's Federal Security Service, or FSB, and sleeper agents living abroad were among those freed in a multinational prisoner swap on Thursday. The children of deep-cover agents posing as Argentinian expats in Slovenia were not even aware of their Russian heritage until they were transported to Moscow along…

The Independent UK

Kremlin acknowledges intelligence operatives among the Russians who were freed in swap

New details have emerged on the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War, with the Kremlin acknowledging for the first time that some of the Russians held in the West were from its security services

Al Jazeera

How the world reacted to Russia-West prisoner swap

Western countries and rights groups welcome the release of dissidents and journalists, including Evan Gershkovich.

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