{"id":1433852,"date":"2022-04-12T17:30:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T21:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1433852"},"modified":"2022-04-12T17:30:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T21:30:24","slug":"washington-post-columnist-arrested-in-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-columnist-arrested-in-moscow\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post Columnist Arrested In Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwashington-post-columnist-arrested-in-moscow%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1433852&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/E0550A32-1758-44B9-B96D-F706981CAC0C_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Washington Post columnist <span class=\"person-popover\" data-nid=\"44232\">Vladimir Kara-Murza,<\/span> who has been critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/media\/3265455-washington-post-columnist-prominent-kremlin-critic-arrested-in-moscow\/\">arrested<\/a> in Moscow on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Kara-Murza was arrested outside of his house on the same day that he appeared on CNN in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/world\/2022\/04\/11\/russia-putin-poison-vladimir-kara-murza-bigpicture-cnnplus.cnn\"><span class=\"s2\">interview<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In the interview, he <\/span>said<span class=\"s1\">, \u201c<\/span>This regime that is in power in our country today, it\u2019s not just corrupt \u2026 it\u2019s not just authoritarian. It is a regime of murderers,\u201d adding, \u201cand it is important to say it out loud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAnd it is really tragic, frankly, I have no other word for this, that it took a large-scale war in the middle of Europe, which Vladimir Putin is now conducting against Ukraine, for most western leaders to finally open their eyes to the true nature of this regime,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He also said in the interview, \u201cWell, I\u2019m speaking to you from Moscow now. Look, I\u2019m a Russian politician. I have to be in Russia, it\u2019s my home country. The biggest gift we could give \u2014 those of us who are in opposition to Putin\u2019s regime \u2014 we could give to the Kremlin would be just to give up and run. I mean, that\u2019s all they want from us.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He also reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/media\/2022\/04\/12\/kara-murza-arrest\/\"><span class=\"s3\">said<\/span><\/a> he has \u201cabsolutely no doubt that the Putin regime will end over this war in Ukraine.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\" data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">According to The Washington Post, the Russian human rights project OVD-Info said Kara-Murza was arrested and was being held on a 15-day \u201cadministrative jail sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\" data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cHe was reportedly accused of \u2018behaving inappropriately in the sight of police officers, changing his direction of movement, quickening his pace and trying to hide when asked to stop.\u2019 OVD-Info cited Kara-Murza\u2019s defense team, who said he had merely been exiting a car near his house,\u201d the Post reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Kara-Murza is a colleague of the deceased Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was assassinated in 2015. Kara-Murza was deputy leader of the People\u2019s Freedom Party, and is an author, documentary director, and was a candidate for the Russian parliament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Vladimir Kara-Murza\u2019s wife, Evgenia, posted on Twitter, \u201cTwice have the Russian authorities tried to kill my husband for advocating for sanctions against thieves and murderers, and now they want to throw him in prison for calling their bloody war a WAR. I demand my husband\u2019s immediate release!<span class=\"s1\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Twice have the Russian authorities tried to kill my husband for advocating for sanctions against thieves and murderers, and now they want to throw him in prison for calling their bloody war a WAR. I demand my husband\u2019s immediate release!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Evgenia Kara-Murza (@ekaramurza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ekaramurza\/status\/1513678359871606787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\" data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">The Post\u2019s publisher, Fred Ryan, released a statement Tuesday, saying, \u201cFollowing poisonings and other grave threats, this outrageous detention is the latest move in Vladimir Putin\u2019s ongoing effort to silence Kara-Murza and hide the truth about the atrocities Putin is committing in the Russian people\u2019s name\u2026No one should be deceived by the Russian government\u2019s trumped-up charges and smears, and Kara-Murza should be released immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Over the past few years, <\/span>Kara-Murza has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/people\/vladimir-kara-murza\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_15\"><span class=\"s3\">written<\/span><\/a><span class=\"s4\"> many columns<\/span> that have spoken out against Russia\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Become a member now and join our mission.<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Post columnist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who has been critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was arrested in Moscow on Monday.Kara-Murza was arrested outside of his house on the same day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":1894195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1433852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1433852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1894195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1433852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1433852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1433852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}