Murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov is set to be honored with a memorial plaque in the region where he was once governor, the local city council of Nizhny Novgorod announced on Monday.
During a council meeting, mayor of the capital city of the Nizhegorod region, Ivan Karnilin, said that enough time had legally passed since Nemtsov’s killing in 2015 for a permanent tribute to be installed in his memory.
Authorities in Moscow, where Nemtsov was shot dead, have refused to install any official tribute to the late politician despite liberals repeatedly calling for such a move. An unofficial–and sometimes vandalised–tribute is …read more
Source: Newsweek
