Vladimir Kara-Murza

Vice President, Free Russia Foundation

Holds a Master’s in History from Cambridge and is an honorary fellow of Trinity Hall. A former Deputy Leader of the People’s Freedom Party and candidate for the Russian parliament, played a key role in securing Magnitsky sanctions. Arrested in 2022 for opposing the war in Ukraine, he was sentenced to 25 years but released in 2024 through a prisoner exchange. A Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post, he previously worked for Ekho Moskvy, BBC, RTVi, and Kommersant. Currently serves as Vice President of the Free Russia Foundation, Senior Advisor at Human Rights First, and Senior Fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Center.