A Russian court on Thursday convicted five men of killing opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in 2015.
The court found former soldier Zaur Dadayev and four accomplices — all ethnic Chechens — guilty of the murder after eight months of hearings, according to Reuters.
Nemtsov, 55, a staunch critic of Vladimir Putin, was shot on a bridge near the Kremlin. He had been working on a report into Russian involvement in Ukraine at the time of his death.Also On PoliticoRussian electoral body: Navalny can’t run for president in 2018Emmet Livingstone
“It’s the biggest crime of the century and yet they haven’t identified the real …read more
Source: European Voice
