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b'In April 2022, undeterred by his previous two poisonings, Russian opposition politician, historian, and free speech advocate Vladimir Kara-Murza made the incredibly courageous decision to re-enter Russia \\u2013 despite his known opposition to Putin\\u2019s invasion of Ukraine two months earlier. What happened next was as tragic as it was predictable. A year later Vladimir was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Last Monday, he disappeared from the Siberian penal colony where he was being held, only much\\u202flater re-emerging in solitary confinement in a different prison.\\u202f\\xa0\\n\\nIn this episode of Disorder, we speak to Evgenia Kara-Murza, a Russian human rights activist and Vladimir\\u2019s wife.\\xa0\\n\\nEvgenia shares about her upbringing in Russia\\u2019s Far East, how her husband was imprisoned while working to improve the country, and how what is happening within Russia \\u201churts\\u201d her deeply. She also unpacks how Western leaders bear significant responsibility for the direction taken by the regime of Vladimir Putin \\u2013 to her mind choosing cowardice and to make money over the safeguarding of human rights. Evgenia finishes the interview talking about how already democratic countries need to stay alert and safeguard their rights and freedoms. To her, the full-scale invasion of Ukraine has shown: democracy is under threat \\u2013 globally.\\xa0\\n\\nTwitter: @DisorderShow\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nSubscribe to our Substack here\\n\\xa0\\nWebsite: https://natoandtheglobalenduringdisorder.com/\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nProducer: George McDonagh\\xa0\\nExec Producer: Neil Fearn\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nShow Notes Links\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nRead Evgenia\\u2019s interview for Time\\xa0here\\n\\xa0\\nWatch Vladimir\\u2019s documentary here\\n\\xa0\\nA profile on Vladimir by Meduza\\xa0here\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'