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OTTAWA – Canada’s new foreign affairs minister says he stands with the tens of thousands of Russians marching in Moscow streets to protest the killing of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.
Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson tells The Canadian Press he doesn’t know who is to blame for Friday’s shooting of Nemtsov, one of the few vocal political opponents of President Vladimir Putin.
But Nicholson says today’s outpouring of support shows Russians are worried about what Putin is doing to their country.
Nicholson is on his way to Paris where he will hold talks Monday with his French counterpart on the crisis …read more
Source: Macleans