A memorial service for slain on Friday night at the Great Moscow River bridge Boris Nemtsov was completed at the request of relatives, the correspondent of RBC of the Sakharov Center, where the ceremony. The queue stretched from the front of the center Yauza embankment to the metro station “Kursk”. The ceremony lasted for four hours all the while his relatives – mother Dina Eydman, former common-law wife Ekaterina Odintsov and their children – were at the tomb.
One of the first in the Sakharov Center came Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich and press Secretary to the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Natalia Timakova, Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov, the former head of the Central Bank Sergei Dubinin, head of “RUSNANO” Anatoly Chubais, the US Ambassador to Russia John Tefft, the head Rospechat Seslavinsky, businessman Mikhail Prokhorov and his sister Irina Prokhorova. Say goodbye to the politician arrived as Chairman of the Board of Sberbank German Gref, Chairman of the Presidential Council on Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov, the Minister of Relations “to Access the Government” Michael Abizov, former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, Government Chief of Staff Sergei Prikhodko (it at the official represented the government). From the Kremlin during a memorial service attended by representatives of the President in the State Duma Harry Minh.
Minh noted in his speech that the Germans were “bright man and politician who was not afraid to take responsibility,” he “loved life and Russia and they answered him in return. ” Irina Prokhorova, his farewell speech said: “It is a pity that in our country people have to die a terrible death for people to understand that he was a great».
Naina Yeltsin, widow of Boris Yeltsin, arrived accompanied by his daughter Tatyana Dyachenko, which, as Nemtsov himself admitted, in 1997, persuaded him to go to work in the government. “Both [Yeltsin and Nemtsov] were tall, handsome, both desperately reckless. Perhaps that is why many among the first wave of politicians Boris Nemtsov remarked, “- said the widow of the first president of Russia. Yeltsin noted that Nemtsov was not like today’s politicians – “they are all boring, and he swinger, easy man» .
The former adviser to Boris Yeltsin, the former secretary of state of Russia Gennady Burbulis, also came to say goodbye. “Boris saved their entire life light themselves and their dignity – said Burbulis. – He saved the dignity of their children, saved his beloved mother. He saved all of us, save Russia, saved all mankind. Boris Nemtsov, a man endowed with the gift of absolute inner freedom, our recognition, our memory and our actions ».
The farewell ceremony led journalist Pavel Sheremet. Nemtsov’s close associates in the party “RPR-Parnassus” Ilya Yashin and Mikhail Kasyanov, a lawyer Henry Reznik, former co-chairman of “RPR-Parnassus” Vladimir Ryzhkov, the last few days have been organizing memorial services and funerals.
«This cowardly murder certainly purports to avenge what he [Nemtsov] did. He spent all the years that in order to fight against corruption and tyranny “- said Kasyanov. According to him, Nemtsov entered the history of Russia. Ex-Prime Minister suggested that the killer will be found, “if not with this power, then the next.” The next speaker was Yashin. “He gave his life for the ideals he believed in. He left as heroes go, “- said the politician.
« Power loses control over its untwisted reactionary forces, the Red Guards in the new version, “- said Academician Yuri Ryzhov, former Ambassador of Russia in France.
The US Ambassador Tefft brought condolences to his family and said that he had come on behalf of President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry “and many Americans who knew and respected Nemtsov.” “In all their posts Nemtsov spoke about the future of Russia and for the ideals of the people” – he said.
EU Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Usackas called Nemtsov death a great loss for Russia and Europe. He promised to keep the legacy of Nemtsov and continue his work. Kirov Governor White told RBC that “the tragic death of Boris Nemtsov can contribute both to the consolidation of democratic forces and their greater disunity, and would very much like to encourage consolidation, but we now see the showdown begins».
Chubais said that “in all these 25 years, did not know a single case when the Germans someone betrayed, even though it was a constant temptation to separate, to dissociate himself, but he did not.” A former associate of Chubais and Nemtsov in the government, and ATP head of Rosatom, Sergei Kiriyenko told reporters that in recent years they Nemtsov almost did not communicate, because “too much disagreed».
Those who came to the ceremony Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alfa -Bank Pyotr Aven said “rain” that “trigger” for the murder of Nemtsov was the “atmosphere of hatred”, set in the society.
«This tragic death of Boris Nemtsov – a sign to all of us that it is necessary to have enough ambition and all our liberal-democratic opposition to be together, because we are talking about the lives of our citizens, the preservation of the country, – RBC said, standing in the queue to the coffin Professor Andrei Zubov. – All the talk about the fact that old people are not interested and we need new people – they are refuted: how many people have come to the Nemtsov , is considered the oldest leader. Opposition immediately after the funeral action is necessary to make efforts and, in my opinion, to form something like a shadow government opposition ».
Hundreds of people stood in line and did not have time to go to the tomb policy before the closing ceremony, the crowd chanted demands to extend the farewell. Some chanted “A Hero Never Dies,” “Russia without Putin”. Police begged to diverge and directs people to the subway.
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