Ep. 584 – Evgenia Kara-Murza

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Evgenia Kara-Murza did not intend to become a public figure. But that all changed after her husband, Russian political opposition leader and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza, was arrested in Moscow in 2022. With Vladimir now serving a 25-year sentence in a Siberian prison, Evgenia has taken up his mission, advocating for the freedom of political prisoners and a democratic Russia. She joined David to talk about growing up during the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Putin’s regime in Russia, the war in Ukraine, and why she won’t give up on fighting for her husband. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:25.9	And now from the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago and
0:36.4	CNN audio, the Axswiles. With your host David Axelrod.
0:42.0	Six years ago I had a conversation right here with Vladimir Karimmerza, the incredibly
0:48.2	inspiring Russian journalist and democracy advocate who by then had already survived two poisonings and currently
0:55.1	sits in a small solitary cell in Siberia, sentenced to 25 years for among other
1:01.0	things speaking out against Putin's war in Ukraine.
1:05.0	This week I sat down with his valiant wife,
1:07.2	Evgenia, who is continuing Vladimir's work, traveling the world,
1:11.4	challenging Putin's dictatorship, and fighting for her husband and all political
1:15.7	prisoners in Russia.
1:17.1	Here's that conversation.
1:18.1	Well, I hope that when my children grow up, they'll understand why. I was doing that.
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