Jailed Russian Oppositionist Kara-Murza Says His Mail Is Not Being Delivered

Vladimir Kara-Murza in court. (file photo)

Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was sentenced in April to 25 years in prison after being convicted of state treason, said on June 18 that prison authorities have stopped delivering letters to him. Kara-Murza, who is being held in a Moscow remand prison, made the announcement on his Telegram channel. He said that earlier prison censors had stopped approving his outgoing correspondence. Earlier, Kara-Murza’s wife, Yevgenia, accused the authorities of “torturing” her husband by not allowing him to see their children for more than a year. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Russian Service, click here.