On Tuesday, a letter from Mr Kara-Murza emerged, revealing he had been taken to a different penal colony in the same city as punishment for breaking prison rules by failing to get up when ordered. He added that he had been told he would be held at the new prison for four months, until May 26, but this could change. Mr Kara-Murza, 42, has been a long-term critic of Vladimir Putin and has survived two poisonings since 2015, which have left him with a form of nerve damage called polyneuropathy. He was jailed by a Moscow court in April 2023, leading the UK to sanction 11 individuals involved in his case. Foreign Office officials said they have repeatedly raised Mr Kara-Murza’s case with Russian authorities, including with the ministry of foreign affairs in Moscow on January 19 and during multilateral engagements.

Source: The Times January 31, 2024 00:39 UTC