Russia’s liberal circles were shocked by Friday night’s murder of renowned Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead while walking in central Moscow. Meanwhile, the country’s political establishment has offered several interpretations of the murder.
Notably, Nemtsov recently voiced fear that his staunch opposition to Russian president Vladimir Putin would result in the president having him killed.
“You know, yes I do fear it. Not much, not as much as my mother does. If I feared him too strongly would it make sense to head an opposition party?” Nemtsov said to the online publication Sobesyednik two weeks ago, an interview …read more
Source: Newsweek
