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He was a close associate of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, who was shot and killed five years ago. That same year, Kara-Murza was poisoned for the first time and survived against all odds.
He is convinced that the Navalny poisoning was an attack by the current regime.
– No one in Russia was surprised. For many of us, it became clear as soon as we learned of the Navalny poisoning that it was a politically motivated attack on the regime’s most famous, effective and dangerous political opponents.
Vladimir Kara-Murza says that he himself was poisoned twice, in May 2015 and in February 2017. He was in Moscow both times.
– On both occasions the symptoms were identical. Fortunately he had company, if he had been alone he would have died.
“You feel like the body gives up slowly”
He describes that he suddenly began to feel very bad, could not breathe and gasped for air.
– It’s a very scary feeling when you try to breathe and you don’t get air. Choking sensations, vomiting, sweating … You feel your body slowly giving up.
Both times he ended up in a coma and had multiple organ failure. Doctors told his wife that she had a five percent chance of survival.
– I can’t even put into words how grateful I am to be sitting here now.
Do not doubt the intervention of the regime
The official diagnosis, according to the Moscow hospital, was “toxic effect caused by an unknown substance.” Vladimir Kara-Murza does not doubt for a second that the assassination attempts were directly related to his activities within the opposition.
However, he does not answer how he came into contact with the poison. He believes that it is the task of the Russian Investigation Committee to find out, what he and his lawyer demanded, but the Investigation Committee has not responded.
He does not believe that the assassination attempts will silence the opposition.
– There are so many in Russia that stem from the Putin regime. He has been in power for 20 years, a whole generation knows no other political reality. This is not normal for a European country in the 21st century.
