Moscow: Five men accused of the shock murder of top Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov last year faced the jury on Monday as their high-profile trial opened at a Russian military court.
Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and one of the most prominent opposition politicians who openly criticised President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down late at night on February 27 last year as he walked across a bridge near the Kremlin.
The suspects, all ethnic Chechens, sat in a glass cage in a Moscow courtroom packed with journalists, diplomats, rights activists.
The men, who were guarded by police and special forces wearing balaclavas, …read more
Source: Free Malaysia Today
