The city of Kiev is considering naming a street after Boris Nemstov, the Russian opposition leader who was killed in Moscow near the Kremlin earlier this year, Vitaly Klitschko, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, said at a press conference on Tuesday.
When asked about the matter, Klitschko said he had already discussed it with the principal architect of Kiev multiple times. “[Nemtsov] really cared about our country and wanted it to be democratic,” Klitschko said, according to Interfax Ukraine. “We will never forget.”
Meanwhile, Russian officials have been less receptive to funding a public Nemtsov memorial, despite consistent efforts by activist …read more
Source: Newsweek
