Posted 1/29/2024, 12:45:00 PM
Jailed Putin Critic Vanishes from Siberian Prison, Fate Unknown
- Vladimir Kara-Murza is a jailed Russian-British opposition figure who criticized Russia's war in Ukraine and was sentenced to 25 years in prison
- He has vanished from the prison colony in Siberia where he was being held and there is no information on his current whereabouts
- His wife and the British government, including Foreign Secretary David Cameron, are demanding that Russia provide clarity on where he is
- Kara-Murza nearly died in two alleged assassination attempts in 2015 and 2017, possibly by poisoning
- The transfer of prisoners within Russia's penal system is shrouded in secrecy and it can take weeks for information to emerge on their location