One of the men detained on suspicion of killing Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov served in a police unit in the Russian region of Chechnya, Russian news agencies quoted a law enforcement official as saying.
Nemtsov was shot dead on the night of Feb. 27 within sight of the Kremlin walls, in the most high-profile killing of an opposition figure in the 15 years that President Vladimir Putin has been in office.
Some associates of Nemtsov, a 55-year-old former deputy prime minister who became an ardent Putin critic, said the Kremlin stood to gain from his death. Russian officials have denied involvement …read more
Source: Voice of America
