MOSCOW (AP) — Five men were behind bars Sunday either charged or suspected in the killing of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, but details remained unclear in the case that has shaken Russia’s marginalized and struggling opposition movement.
The three others include Gubashev’s younger brother Shagid, along with Khamzad Bakhaev and Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, state news agency Tass reported.
The current Chechen president, Ramzan Kadyrov, has himself imposed many Islamic restrictions on Chechnya, including the wearing of headscarves by women, but is also a vehement loyalist of Russian President Vladimir Putin and has blamed Nemtsov’s killing on Western security services.
The 55-year-old Nemtsov, a former …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
