Allies of Kremlin-critic Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead in central Moscow last month, are to pursue legal action after a Russian nationalist group vandalised the tributes at the site of Nemtsov’s murder and accused the deceased opposition leader of being a “traitor” to Russia.
Earlier this week a group of seven people wearing St. George’s scarves – Russia’s alternative symbol of remembrance of the war dead – posted photos of themselves at the site of the Nemtsov memorial on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, scattering flowers and tearing pictures of the deceased. The group then spray-painted over a sign placed by …read more
Source: Newsweek
