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Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza said the release of political prisoners should be part of any Ukraine ceasefire negotiations. He made the case in an interview with Voice of America Russian published on November 6, 2026. In the interview, Kara-Murza explained that international attention helps prisoners resist the isolation that authoritarian regimes seek to impose on them. The remarks tie the fate of detained political prisoners to the wider diplomatic effort to end the war in Ukraine.