A few hours after going on the radio to denounce President Vladimir Putin’s policies as mad, charismatic opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down early Saturday as he walked near the Kremlin.Colleagues in Russia’s beleaguered and marginalized opposition pointed fingers at the state or at assailants fired up by fervent nationalist sentiment in state-controlled news media. But Putin and other Russian politicians suggested the brazen attack was a provocation against the state.Nemtsov, 55, was shot while walking with a female companion on a bridge over the Moscow River about 400 meters (yards) from the Kremlin. Russia’s Investigative Committee said at …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
