: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Year after murder, Russian opposition pays respects to slain Kremlin critic


Thousands of Russians prepared today to honour the 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.

Anti-Kremlin activists urged ordinary Russians to join them on a memorial march through central Moscow, with other commemorative events planned across the country and abroad.

Before the start of the march Russians brought flowers and candles to the bridge near the Kremlin walls where Nemtsov, a jovial 55-year-old with a mop of black curly hair, was killed.

US ambassador John Tefft was among those who came to pay respects, laying a …read more

Source: The Malaysian Insider

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