BERLIN – A prominent Russian opposition politician freed as part of the largest East-West civilian prisoner swap since the Cold War said Tuesday that fears of his mother’s poisoning in Berlin have proven false.
Vladimir Kara-Murza, a dual Russian-U.K. citizen and one of the leading Russian opposition figures, said that the worries that his mother could have been poisoned or suffered a heart attack haven’t been corroborated. He added that she remains in a Berlin hospital where she continues to undergo examination.
“My mom is indeed in a hospital in Berlin, but suspicions of poisoning or a heart attack haven’t been confirmed, thank God,” he said on the messaging app Telegram.
Kara-Murza was arrested in 2022 after criticizing the war in Ukraine that had begun weeks …