in santos, the brazilian city where he spent most of his life. in a family ceremony, pele s coffin was placed in his tomb overlooking the city. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hartog. in russia, voicing opposition to putin s war in ukraine is a crime that can mean years injail. imagine then the resolve of a russian opposition activist who returned to his homeland after the ukraine invasion in order to speak out against the putin regime from within. not only that, vladimir carramar lohse had already survived to apparent poisonings inside russia. he is now anguishing in a russian present. his wife, evgenia kara murza, is my guest today. as putin s oppression effectively neutralised meaningful opposition? evgenia kara murza in washington, dc, welcome to hartog. washington, dc, welcome to hartoa. . ~ , washington, dc, welcome to hartoa. . , . washington, dc, welcome to hartoa. . ~ , . ., hartog. thank you very much for havin: hartog. thank you very much for having me har
gaps in between but expect further spells of rain through the rest of the week and it will often be windy and it will stay mild. very mild out there right now but with outbreaks of rain continuing to push eastwards and very heavy rain right now in scotland, this also sinking south eastwards over england and wales. gusts up to 40 50 mph. temperatures, well, they are above average for what we should see in the daytime and the use of the night time temperatures, 6 12. a really dry start to tomorrow morning i really mild start. more on the way of sunshine but also some showers especially for northern ireland, southern scotland and the far north of england and at the same time cloud could bring rain into the south west of england later in the day. it will stay quite windy but temperatures seven in aberdeen, and 14 in the south of england. this ridge of high pressure will make for a mainly dry start on thursday but that will not last because there is another area of low pressure
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and there is also belarus. that s very much involved as well, because the number of political prisoners in belarus is growing just as quickly as it does in russia. but if i may, if i may, evgenia, you raised a very interesting point about what is going on inside russia. and i m very mindful that when vladimir went back, you know, in the six weeks, two months after the invasion of ukraine, he said it would be, to use his word, cowardly, not to be side by side with those brave russians who were protesting the war. and at the time, it is true that there were thousands of russians in different towns and cities who were prepared to go to the streets and voice their opposition. but we, frankly, see very little of that today. and i m just wondering whether you, as an activist yourself, who fights for democracy in russia and whether vladimir too, whether actually you are deeply disappointed with what has
and there is also belarus. that s very much involved as well, because the number of political prisoners in belarus is growing just as quickly as it does in russia. but if i may, if i may, evgenia, you raised a very interesting point about what is going on inside russia. and i m very mindful that when vladimir went back, you know, in the six weeks, two months after the invasion of ukraine, he said it would be, to use his word, cowardly, not to be side by side with those brave russians who were protesting the war. and at the time, it is true that there were thousands of russians in different towns and cities who were prepared to go to the streets and voice their opposition. but we, frankly, see very little of that today. and i m just wondering whether you, as an activist yourself, who fights for democracy in russia and whether vladimir too, whether actually you are deeply disappointed with what has happened