For the murder of two suspects detained Nemtsov – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, March 7 – RIA Novosti. Two suspects in the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov detained on Saturday, told reporters the head of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov.

“As a result of the work today detained two suspects in this crime – is someone Gubashev Anzor and Dadaev Zaur, as informed by the head of state, “- said Bortnikov.

He said that the suspects are residents of the Caucasus. “To date, the ongoing operational and operational and investigative activities,” – he said.

Bortnikov said that “at the request of President Vladimir Putin, the FSB, the Interior Ministry and the Russian Investigative Committee was instructed to establish a joint A team of investigators to investigate the assassination of Boris Nemtsov “.

Nemtsov, a former occupied several senior management positions in the Russian government, and then gone over to the opposition, on Saturday night, was shot dead in central Moscow. The investigation is considering several versions of crimes, including murder for hire. On Tuesday, Nemtsov was buried in the cemetery Troekurov Moscow.

What is known Boris Nemtsov

Boris Nemtsov was born October 9, 1959 in Sochi. In September 1991 he was appointed the President of Russia in Nizhny Novgorod region, in 1995 won the election of the governor of Nizhny Novgorod. In 1997 he became first deputy prime minister, from March to December at the same time served as Minister of Fuel and Energy, was deputy chairman of the government commission on operational issues. In March 1998, retired in the Cabinet of Ministers Viktor Chernomyrdin. Since April 1998 took the post of deputy prime minister in the government of Sergei Kiriyenko, but August, tendered his resignation. Read more in Help RIA Novosti & gt; & gt;