Boris Nemtsov shot dead in Moscow – BBC Russian

Boris Nemtsov shot dead in Moscow – BBC Russian

• February 27, 2015

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Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead in the center of Moscow near the Kremlin.

” We can confirm that in the center of Moscow killed a man who has found documents in the name Nemtsov Nemtsov “-” Interfax “in the press center of the agency.

The murder took place in the Greater Moscow River bridge. Nemtsov, who was walking with a companion, was shot four times in the back. The attacker, according to witnesses, the car disappeared into the white.

come to the scene correspondent of BBC Russian Service reports that the police does not let journalists to the place of death of the policy. A police spokesman said that the Germans went from St. Basil’s Cathedral in the direction of Moskva River with a friend, who came from Ukraine. From a passing car rushed people who started shooting. Four shots were Nemtsov in the back. woman is not affected. Where it is not said.

A spokesman for the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, said that “this brutal murder has all the hallmarks of a custom, and is only provocative”.

“In the capital introduced plan “Interception”, measures are being taken to trace the alleged killers, “- said the press center of the Interior Ministry.

The murder took place the day before the opposition march” Spring “, which is scheduled for March 1.

Come on Vasilevsky descent opposition leader Mikhail Kasyanov said that the march will take place despite the death of a politician who was going to take part in it.

“Action” Spring “will take place at the scheduled time, in the planned location in the planned scale. … We are a little bit, Nemtsov was almost the brightest. He was killed. The loss of a great and what those bastards have done, will not be forgotten, they will be punished. When – I do not know. Life will show “- said Kasyanov.

Boris Nemtsov during the period from 1991 to 1997 was governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, and then held the post of Minister of Fuel and Energy, and the first deputy chairman of the government. It is also predicted to succeed Boris Yeltsin.

In recent years, Boris Nemtsov was one of the leaders of the opposition movement.