US senators urge release of British-Russian dissident on anniversary of jailing

Vladimir Kara-Murza gestures while standing in a defendants’ cage at the Moscow City Court on July 31, 2023 (AP)

Members of the US Congress have called for the immediate release of Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza as they marked the second anniversary of his imprisonment.

“The bottom line is that Vladimir Kara-Murza will not be forgotten,” Democratic Senator Ben Cardin, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said at an event on Capitol Hill. “We are going to work to set him free and to set Russia free.”