Kara-Murza's illness, with one US Senator suggesting that it might be "classified". Two other labs—in France and Israel—have also conducted tests, but they were inconclusive. In February 2021, a Bellingcat joint investigation with The Insider and Der Spiegel said that Kara-Murza had been followed by the same FSB unit that allegedly poisoned Alexei Navalny before he fell ill in 2015 and 2017. Arrest His longtime lawyer, Vadim Prokhorov, said Kara-Murza had been arrested on Monday 11 April 2022 on charges of disobeying police orders, and faced up to 15 days in jail or a small fine. It was not immediately clear if Kara-Murza’s arrest was linked to his opposition to Russia’s actions in Ukraine. On 22 April 2022, Kara-Murza was charged by a Russian court for spreading of “false” information about the Russian military. The reason for the criminal case against Kara-Murza was his March 15 speech to the Arizona House of Representatives, in which he denounced the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In July, new charges of cooperating with an "undesirable" foreign NGO were introduced, for which he faces up to six years in prison. In October, Prokhorov said that Kara-Murza was also charged with treason, which could see him face up to 20 years in prison. In October 2022, Kara-Murza was awarded the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. References Works Books Articles Russian authorities just arrested an entire conference hall full of people. I was one of them. // The Washington Post, 18 March 2021 External links Results of the Russian parliamentary elections, 7 December 2003 Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr, They Chose Freedom, 4-part TV documentary (in Russian, with English subtitles), 2005 "Film on Soviet Dissidents Presented at Harvard University", SPS.ru, 7 March 2006 "Vladimir Bukovsky Will Run for President of Russia in 2008", Prima-News Agency, 28 May 2007 1981 births Living people Russian people of Latvian descent Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge People educated at The John Lyon School Solidarnost politicians 21st-century Russian politicians Union of Right Forces politicians Yabloko politicians People's Freedom Party politicians 2011–2013 Russian protests 21st-century Russian historians Russian people of Tatar descent Russian activists against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine People listed in Russia as foreign agents