Kiev could soon honour slain Kremlin-critic Boris Nemtsov by naming a street after him, according to the Ukrainian capital’s mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Nemtsov was fatally shot within view of the Kremlin last February, prompting thousands to take to the streets of Moscow in honour of the politician. Nemtsov, who was deputy prime minister of Russia during president Boris Yeltsin’s presidency, had openly opposed Yeltsin’s successor Vladimir Putin on many occasions such as his petition against the war in Chechnya and his opposition to Putin’s backing of separatists in Eastern Ukraine.
Now Kiev’s local authorities are mulling over the prospect of renaming a …read more
Source: Newsweek
