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On 27 February 2015, Boris Nemtsov, a Russian politician opposed to the government of Vladimir Putin, was assassinated as he crossed the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge in central Moscow at 23:31 local time. [9] An unknown assailant fired seven or eight shots from a Makarov pistol.
Feb 28, 2015 · A leading Russian opposition politician, former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, has been shot dead in Moscow, Russian officials say. An unidentified attacker in a car shot Mr Nemtsov...
Feb 27, 2015 · A car drove past, shots rang out, and Nemtsov was killed by four bullets to the back. His body lay on the sidewalk as police, journalists, and colleagues rushed to the scene.
- Joshua Yaffa
Feb 27, 2015 · Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot and killed Friday night in central Moscow, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation said in a statement Saturday, prompting...
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- Frederik Pleitgen,Steve Almasy,Alla Eshchenko
Feb 26, 2016 · In the absence of satisfactory answers about the murder of the opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, a year ago, ever-metastasizing conspiracy theories have taken hold.
- Joshua Yaffa
Nemtsov was assassinated on 27 February 2015, beside his Ukrainian partner Anna Durytska, on a bridge near the Kremlin in Moscow, [7] [8] with four shots fired from the back. [9] . At the time of his assassination, he was in Moscow helping to organize a rally against the Russian military intervention in Ukraine and the Russian financial crisis.
Feb 28, 2015 · He was killed by hatred generated by the Kremlin and its puppet TV, which for a long time has been telling the public that anyone who was against the Kremlin was Russia’s enemy—the “Fifth Column“,...