MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, a fierce critic of President Vladmir Putin, was shot dead in central Moscow late Friday ahead of a major opposition rally this weekend, investigators and police said.In central Moscow, a man with documents in the name of Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov was killed, an interior ministry spokesman told AFP early Saturday, declining to give further details.Russias Investigative Committee confirmed the death, saying it had opened a criminal probe.According to preliminary information, an unidentified person shot at Boris Nemtsov no fewer than 7-8 times from a car as he was walking along the Bolshoi …read more
Source: Dunya TV
