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Easy decisions are taken by dictators" but the "difference between dictatorship and democracy is that human life is the ultimate value of democracy, ... This is not the case in a dictatorship."
Today, a reporter of Deutsche Welle approached them to ask for an interview. And then they asked us if we could help out with some facilities, with some rooms, so that they could meet with the German and international media to tell their story,
Life was given to me again and it's very important,
The tradition of authoritarian power, the tradition of aggressive war, and the tradition revived again to not respect others' rights,
I didn't sign a condition for a pardon, but I was still pardoned. We never gave our consent [to be expelled from Russia], yet here we are,
God, it is such happiness! I cried so much when I found out. And later, too. And I'm about to cry again now, as well,
she wrote on Facebook after she found that her husband had been freed I said, I am not going to be asked to be freed, to admit any guilt, I will not go to a person I consider a tyrant, a murderer, an enemy of his own country for a favor,
I am also sad that over a thousand people are still in prison,
he said, naming a list of people he said Don't believe the lies that are disseminated by Kremlin propaganda,
I don't want to be on a list" and "will not leave Russia,
Let the traitors now feverishly pick up new names and actively disguise themselves under witness protection programmes,
No word is strong enough for this…. I was sure I was going to die in prison,
he told his family who were in attendance with Biden in the Oval Office Motherland does not forget about you for a minute,
Putin told the assembled returnees He must be stopped, and only Russian society itself can do this
Mr Kara-Murza is a dedicated opponent of Putin’s regime,
All journalists & rights defenders detained solely for doing their jobs must be freed".
The United Nations Human Rights Office echoed this sentiment, stating in a post on X We welcome the release today of several political prisoners from Russia. The deal that secured their freedom was negotiated by several NATO allies working together".
The alliance's spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah highlighted the collaboration among alliance members, stating I am thrilled that wrongfully detained Americans are now free and reunited with their families, and I am grateful to the Government of Türkiye for extraordinary support in making today possible."
Flake posted a message on X saying Türkiye continues to be a vital partner and ally, and we will work with them on a tremendous deal of things, but I'm not going to speak to the specifics of this process,
The European Union is relieved by the release and transfer to freedom outside Russia and Belarus of a number of political prisoners, including EU citizens, facilitated with the help of Türkiye,
foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement by the bloc's External Action Service