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Boris Nemtsov


Russian politician who fell out of favour with the Kremlin and opposed expansionist policiesBoris Nemtsov, who has died aged 55 after being shot, was a leading pro-market reformer in the first, tumultuous post-Soviet decade and a popular politician and regional governor who at one point appeared to have been earmarked by President Boris Yeltsin as his successor. An articulate and handsome figure who appeared regularly on television talk shows, he served briefly as deputy prime minister, but was sacked after the financial collapse of 1998, which was blamed on him and other neo-liberals in the Russian government.After Vladimir Putin came …read more

Source: The Guardian

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