Putin critic sentenced to 25 years for treason.

Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. has been convicted of treason and sentenced to 25 years in prison for publicly denouncing Moscow's war in Ukraine. Kara-Murza, who has survived two poisonings he blamed on Russian authorities, rejected the charges against him and likened the proceedings to the show trials under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. Human rights organizations and Western governments denounced the verdict and demanded his release, with Amnesty International declaring him a prisoner of conscience. The conviction is part of the Kremlin's relentless crackdown on critics of the invasion and marks a difference between today's Russia and civilized countries, according to Memorial's head Yan Rachinsky.