KIEV, Ukraine — Was Boris Nemtsov gunned down footsteps from the Kremlin by radical Islamists because of his support for Charlie Hebdo?
That is message that the Kremlin is pushing. But Ilya Yashin, a close friend of Nemtsov and the co-leader of his liberal opposition party, says the suggestion he was killed by Chechen Islamists is “nonsensical” and merely a convenient motive meant to deflect allegations that the Russian government was involved in the high-profile assassination.
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Source: Mashable
