A year ago, a 12-year-old Russian schoolgirl drew a cartoon which would bring the wrath of the regime down upon her and her family. It’s also a story about the power of a political cartoon.
Vladimir Putin has presided over a regime where political opponents have been neutralised, imprisoned or murdered and Kara-Murza is merely the latest example
Longtime Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza has been found guilty of treason and sentenced to 25 years in prison after what the journalist and activist has dismissed as a 1930s-style "show trial."