Opposition journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza, Jr. remains unconscious in critical condition on life support in a Moscow hospital since collapsing with symptoms similar to his poisoning in 2015. His lawyer Vadim Prokhorov reported on Facebook at 18:00 yesterday February 5 that there was no change in the status of Kara-Murza. He remains in a medically-induced coma on a ventilator with medication to support his heart functioning and other emergency procedures. There was no update yet today. His wife Evgeniya Kara-Murza flew to Moscow and is now with her husband in the hospital. Kara-Murza’s case is being watched closely by Western officials and supporters who fear he may have become another victim of the Russian state’s vicious practices against dissenters.

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Just as in 2015, the Russian media has published contradictory and misleading information about Kara-Murza’s case. His father, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Sr. has been tweeting regular bulletins about his son and photos from his past and links to his work. On February 4, he tweeted a link to a CNN broadcast titled “Poisoned Again?” Yet Moskovsky Komsomolets, a tabloid often taking pro-government positions, reported on February 2 that Kara-Murza, Sr. said, in response to a query whether it was poisoning: “The doctors don’t think so, and neither do I. If somebody wanted this time to ‘knock him off,’ they wouldn’t let him live long enough to take to the ER. It’s just that the poisoning two years ago did not pass without a trace. My son’s health was weakened, his immune system as well, and any ‘sneeze’ can turn out to be dangerous for him.” In fact doctors have not made any statement yet. Carl Schreck, a reporter from Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe who extensively investigated Kara-Murza’s case in 2015 and is following it closely now had this to say:

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