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hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in moscow where a prominent critic of vladimir putin has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. the journalist and opposition activist vladimir kara—murza played a key role in persuading western governments to sanction russian officials for human rights abuses and corruption. the us says it's evidence of an escalating campaign of repression in russia. the eu called it unacceptable. the uk summoned the russian ambassador. here's our russia editor, steve rosenberg. handcuffed and in a bullet—proof cage, one of president putin's most prominent ...

For 25 years and i don't think it would be any difference, some might say 23.524, but definitely a sentence for a long use, but anyway it would still be very devastating. you will know him very well, he likened it to date stalin era show trial in any doubt in your mind that it's simply designed as a message there in moscow to silence critics? absolutely, since vladimir kara—murza and alexei navalny was arrested, and we have more thanjust two dozens of people who have been arrested, and it makes all ordinary russian people to be afraid to go outside in the street, to say something against war...