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Lithuanian Capital to Name Street After Putin-Critic Boris Nemtsov


Slain Kremlin-critic Boris Nemtsov will be honored with a street named after him in Lithuania’s capital of Vilnius, the city’s mayor says.
Nemtsov, who was frequently critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule, was shot last February while walking home in central Moscow late at night with his girlfriend. The investigation has implicated Chechen men close to Putin’s close ally Ramzan Kadyrov, however both have denied any links.
“The decision to call a street in Vilnius ‘Boris Nemtsov Street’ has been taken, the political will is there, the questions that remain are where and when,” Mayor of Vilnius Remigijus Šimašius says. A …read more

Source: Newsweek

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