If you were the president of Russia, and you were looking for a convenient way to clear your regime from suspicion in the recent murder of a high-profile opponent, the ideal solution would be to find an unsympathetic figure you could pin the blame on.
Bingo. Russian authorities on Monday announced the detention of five Chechens in the killing of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was shot mafia-style while crossing a bridge near the Kremlin.
For Vladimir Putin, the solution couldn’t be any neater. The Russian president, who had dramatically taken the investigation under his own wing, can now declare the murder …read more
Source: National Post
