Vladimir Kara-Murza is one of the last major critics of the Kremlin not to be behind bars or exiled abroad. He is accused of spreading "false information" on the Russian army and illegal work for an "undesirable" organization.
His mother, Elena, denounced after the verdict a "brazen demonstration of injustice" and "absurd" Washington denounced an "intensified campaign of repression" and a "politically motivated" sentence. The EU castigated a "scandalously severe" sentence and an "abusive use of judicial power"