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wider diplomatic dynamics risk hampering their efforts.Kara-Murza, 42, a critic of the invasion of Ukraine, was convicted last year of
treason and other charges that he denies and has been held in a punishment cell in a Siberian penal colony since January.His family says his
health has deteriorated in prison due to a nerve condition resulting from the two poisoning attempts he survived in the 2010s
Permanent Resident status meets the requirements for a swap by Washington
But Washington has yet to use this power for him.As he holds British and Russian passports, he could be swapped by London if the Washington
Yet the British Foreign Office (FCDO), which has a firm embargo on prisoner exchanges, already ruled out a swap for Kara-Murza in February,
spokesperson for the British Embassy in Moscow reiterated the U.K
Ambassador to Moscow Michael McFaul said at the time.Others argued that negotiating directly with hostile states is often the only way to
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) said.Sen
Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, center, speaks during an event calling for the immediate release of
Vladimir Kara-Murza, next to Evgenia Kara-Murza and James Roscoe, deputy head of mission at the British Embassy in Washington, left, on
Capitol Hill, April 9.Jacquelyn Martin / AP Photo / TASSWhile U.S
officials from diplomatic, consular, sanctions and communications teams to consider and implement a range of levers designed to put pressure
The message they are sending is that if you end up arrested, it is your fault
Democratic nations are supposed to fight for their citizens."Evgenia Kara-Murza did not respond to a request for comment.The British
only spoken with Nebenza twice since the start of the war
Nolfi / EPA / TASSA negotiated release could thus hinge on talks between a pair of diplomats whose working relationship has otherwise
diplomats to have the informal dialogues that were possible pre-war.Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon hinted at a new development in February, telling
involved.Third-party countries, particularly the Gulf Arab states, are playing a growing role in high-level prisoner exchanges
The UAE and Saudi Arabia reportedly facilitated the Bout-Griner trade, while Qatar has helped to free kidnapped Ukrainian children from
into account on this issue.A change in administration in Whitehall could cause more delays
The Labour Party is widely expected to win the next U.K
via video link from prison.Alexander Nemenov / AFPEvgenia Kara-Murza has been critical of the conveyor belt of foreign secretaries over the
Cabinet declined to comment on those talks when contacted by The Moscow Times.The U.S
has taken a different approach
In 2020, the Trump administration appointed Roger Carstens as Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs, a position he still holds despite the
change in administrations
wrote when calling for the Biden administration to keep Carstens.The ordeal to free Kara-Murza recalls that of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a
British-Iranian national jailed by Iran on false espionage charges
It took the FCDO six years and five foreign secretaries to free her, with successive administrations accused of restarting the case from
case, it was pressure from her husband that eventually pushed U.K
officials to change their policy
And I have seen him twice in a coma, looking like an octopus with tubes coming out of his body because none of his major organs worked
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