US lawmakers welcome Russian activist freed in August prisoner swap

WASHINGTON - U.S. lawmakers welcomed Vladimir Kara-Murza to Capitol Hill Tuesday, celebrating the release of the Russian activist from a Kremlin prison last month.

Kara-Murza was part of the biggest prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Russia since the end of the Cold War.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin said Tuesday that Kara-Murza 'was at the forefront of the human rights struggle