Activists mark 10 years since Nemtsov assassination

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Activists mark 10 years since Nemtsov assassination

As Russian activists mark the 10th anniversary of the assassination of anti-Putin opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, his closest associates recount to VOA Russian their memories of that day in February 2015. Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Tefft, who knew Nemtsov personally, notes that those who ordered the murder have not been found 10 years later. Nemtsov's friends tell VOA Russian about their confidence that the order came direct from the…

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‘He couldn’t be bought. So they killed him.’ Vladimir Kara-Murza reflects on the tenth anniversary of his mentor Boris Nemtsov’s assassination

On the night of February 27, 2015, Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was shot four times in the back on Moscow’s Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, just a few hundred meters from the Kremlin. Two years later, five men from Chechnya were convicted of his murder and sentenced to prison terms ranging from 11 to 20 years. Yet those who orchestrated and ordered the assassination have never been identified. For the past decade, Nemtsov’s longtime …

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Russians Arrested at Memorials for Boris Nemtsov on Assassination Anniversary

Multiple people were arrested in cities across Russia as they paid tribute to the late opposition figure Boris Nemtsov on Thursday, the 10th anniversary of his assassination near the Kremlin.

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Thursday, February 27, marks exactly ten years since the assassination of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov. On this day in 2015, he was shot dead on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge near the Kremlin.

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Dissidents seek forms of protest in a country where demonstrations are banned and criticism is punishable by prison.

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European democracies and Canada mark 10 years since death of Boris Nemtsov

Latvia, alongside many other democratic states, has released a joint statement marking ten years since the death in extremely murky circumstances of Russian democracy activist Boris Nemtsov.