Vladimir Kara-Murza on Havel, the power of words, and why Putin is afraid of those living in truth
16/10/24
In this interview Milan Babík, Director of the Václav Havel Library, sits down with Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russian political activist, journalist, historian, opposition leader, and prisoner of conscience. Arrested in April 2022 and sentenced to 25 years in jail for his criticism of Putin's war in Ukraine, Kara-Murza was shipped off to a penal colony in Siberia before being released on August 1, 2024, as part of a prisoner exchange between Russia and Western countries. Watch him talk about the influence of Václav Havel's Power of the Powerless on his political thinking and actions, discuss his inner motivations to stand up to Putin's ruthless regime, and explain why the Kremlin is afraid of those living in truth.