Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Boris Nemtsov murder: Ukrainian girlfriend flys to Kiev from Russia
Anna Duritskaya had said that she was being held under police guard in a friend’s apartment in MoscowThe Ukrainian girlfriend of murdered opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who is the only known witness to his killing on Friday night, has reportedly flown to Kiev after being held for questioning by authorities in Moscow.Ukrainian foreign...
Boris Nemtsov’s girlfriend recalls night of murder – video
The girlfriend of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned down outside the Kremlin on Friday, recalls the night of the murder. Anna Duritskaya, a 23-year-old model from Ukraine, was with Nemtsov when he was shot, but tells TV Rain her back was turned at the fatal moment. Duritskaya says Russian investigators will not let her...
Russian oligarch threatens to sue UK amid North Sea gas row
Mikhail Fridman threatens compensation claim after UK airs political and environmental concerns over LetterOne deal to buy 12 gasfields Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman has threatened to sue the UK government in an escalating row over whether his energy fund run by former BP boss Lord Browne can be blocked from taking over 12 North Sea...
Boris Nemtsov murder: chief witness ‘prevented’ from leaving Russia
Ukrainian model Anna Duritskaya, who was with opposition politician when he was shot dead, complains of being kept under guard in Moscow The chief witness to the murder of Russian protest leader Boris Nemtsov, a Ukrainian model who was with him when he was shot dead, has complained of being kept under guard in Moscow.Anna Duritskaya, 23, said she...
Kerry and Lavrov meet in Geneva for Ukraine talks
US secretary of state expected to warn Russian foreign minister that the US and EU are already working on fresh sanctions if ceasefire deal fails to hold firmThe US secretary of state John Kerry and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov were expected to meet in Geneva to shore up a shaky two-week old ceasefire in Ukraine.Monday’s talks in...
‘Boris Nemtsov’s murder marks a turning point for Putin and Russia’
Analysis: president has taken a step too far along a dark and dangerous path to be able to step back, says Mark GaleottiThe shocking murder of opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, literally in sight of the Kremlin, clearly marks the beginning of a new era in Russian politics and Russia-watching alike. And it is unlikely to be pretty.Who was...
Boris Nemtsov: tens of thousands march in memory of murdered politician
Mood of quiet dismay as crowds mourn Vladimir Putin’s adversary who was gunned down near the Kremlin on FridayThey came with placards and plaintive cries of “shame”, a vast column of mourners snaking through central Moscow to commemorate the latest Russian opposition figure to meet a wretched fate.But as tens of thousands trudged through...
Boris Nemtsov interviewed hours before death: ‘Putin is a pathological liar’
Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov gives his last televised interview just hours before being shot dead near the Kremlin. In the interview, on radio station Ekho Moskvy in Moscow, Nemtsov calls for political reform in Russia and labels president Vladimir Putin a ‘pathological liar’, who he blames for starting an ‘insane,...
Moscow march: thousands gather in memory of Boris Nemtsov – video
Thousands take to the streets in Moscow in memory of Boris Nemtsov, the former deputy prime minister and vehement critic of Vladimir Putin’s rule. Protesters held signs bearing Nemtsov’s face and brought flowers to the site where he was shot dead on Saturday by an unidentified attacker. On the day he died, Nemtsov had called for a...
Boris Nemtsov
Russian politician who fell out of favour with the Kremlin and opposed expansionist policiesBoris Nemtsov, who has died aged 55 after being shot, was a leading pro-market reformer in the first, tumultuous post-Soviet decade and a popular politician and regional governor who at one point appeared to have been earmarked by President Boris Yeltsin...
