And he used the birthday of another opponent, Alexei Navalny, to sign a law banning his movement as “extremist.”
Just how many people know when is Navalny's birthday? lol..
Kara Murza is on the payroll of Khodorkovsky, not Soros. Trivia from Wikipedia:
Funeral pallbearer for John McCain In April 2018, United States Senator John McCain sent Kara-Murza a message revealing that McCain had been diagnosed with brain cancer and requesting that Kara-Murza, who had worked with McCain on issues relating to Russia since 2010, serve as a pallbearer at the senator's eventual funeral. Kara-Murza later said that he was "speechless", "heartbroken", and "close to tears", and that doing so would be "the most heartbreaking honor that anyone could think of". McCain died on 25 August; Kara-Murza joined fourteen others chosen by McCain himself, including former Vice-President Joe Biden and actor Warren Beatty, as a pallbearer at McCain's funeral at the Washington National Cathedral on 1 September. McCain's choice of Kara-Murza was described by Politico as a "final dig" at Putin, of whom McCain was a vocal critic, and at U.S. President Donald Trump, for his apparent closeness to the Russian president.
Khodorkovsky was a sponsor of “Open Russia” foundation - the subsidiary of “Open Society” by Soros. They are trustees to each other.