Jailed Russian dissident's wife blasts UK government for utterly shameful silence and inaction
• Evgenia Kara-Murza, wife of jailed Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, criticizes the UK government for taking 2 years to meet with her and calls its response "utterly shameful".
• Vladimir is a British citizen who studied at Cambridge but returned to Russia to help the opposition movement there. He has faced assassination attempts and is currently serving 25 years on trumped-up charges.
• There are similarities between Vladimir and the late Alexei Navalny - they were friends, faced the same mistreatment in prison, and were targeted by the same FSB poison team.
• Evgenia calls on the UK to change its position and negotiate prisoner swaps with Russia, arguing that this will not lead to more hostage taking.
• She warns that time is running out, with the prospect of a Trump presidency potentially just months away and a paralyzed US response to Navalny's murder underscoring Putin's impunity.