British-Russian dissident jailed for 25 years in Russia

British-Russian dissident jailed for 25 years in Russia

By Global

Tonight with Andrew Marr returns with a UK broadcast exclusive: Evgenia Kara-Murza reacts to the news that her husband Vladimir, a Russian-Brit, has been sentenced 25 years in prison for ‘treason’ by the Russian authorities. Alicia Kearns, the Conservative MP who chair’s the Foreign Affairs Select Committee also joins for some reactionto the news.

 

Baroness Minouche Shafik, a former deputy governor of the Bank of England, joins the programme to discuss how we can improve the economy and get growing following a double dose of bad news -  0 growth in February and the IMF forecast last week suggesting the UK was on track to being the worst-performing economy in the G20.

 

Rabbi Leo Dee, the husband and father of the British-Israelis killed by a West Bank terrorist last week also joins the programme.

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