Someone is trying to kill Vladimir Kara-Murza. The Russian journalist and democratic activist, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, is soft-spoken but full of life as we sit chatting about politics in the atrium of Gates Hall. But more than that, Kara-Murza says, “Nemtsov was family for me.”“He was godfather to my youngest daughter. By taking Nemtsov to American and European audiences, and in particular universities, Kara-Murza says he hopes to show the next generation of Western leaders that “Russia is not just about Vladimir Putin …. Despite all the trials through which he and his movement have gone, Kara-Murza shows no sign of stopping.

Source: Daily Sun January 31, 2018 04:52 UTC