Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza receives award at Canadian security forum

Kremlin critic and Pulitzer Prize winning writer Vladimir Kara-Murza received the award which is in honour of the late US senator John McCain (AP Photo/Rob Gillies)

A Canadian security forum has presented an award to British-Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was freed from prison earlier this year in a massive prisoner exchange.

The Halifax International Security Forum presents the award annually in honour of US senator John McCain, who died in 2018, to “individuals from any country who have demonstrated uncommon leadership in the pursuit of human justice”.