MOSCOW: Thousands of Russians marched through central Moscow on Saturday in memory of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov who was gunned down near the Kremlin a year ago in the highest-profile assassination of Vladimir Putin’s rule.
On a bright sunny afternoon opposition supporters thronged the streets amid heightened police security as a helicopter hovered overhead.
Some marchers carried Russian flags, some black ribbons, placards, flowers and Nemtsov’s portraits. Others chanted: “Russia will be free” and “Russia without Putin.”
Some 20,000 joined the march, according to estimates from AFP correspondents. Moscow police, which are often accused of downplaying the popularity of opposition events, said 7,500 …read more
Source: The Borneo Post
