The US, Norway, Poland and Slovenia also participated in what was the biggest swap since the Cold War between the West and Russia ended more than 30 years ago.
On Friday, Mr Kara-Murza met prime minister Sir Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy – and he is now urging Western governments to give stronger backing to Ukraine.
He is pushing for the release of thousands of other political prisoners who are still being held in Putin’s jails.
In their interview, to be broadcast on BBC One on Sunday at 9am, he and his wife talk about their reunion, their family and the moment they tasted freedom.
Mrs Kara Murza talks of her “immense joy” at having her husband back and seeing him with their three children.
“Having survived two assassination attempts and now this prison sentence, including eleven months in solitary confinement in horrendous conditions, he’s yet again alive and relatively healthy with us,” she said.
Watch the full interview on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on BBC One and iPlayer at 9am.
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