Moscow hosts memorial service for Boris Nemtsov – BBC Russian

Moscow hosts memorial service for Boris Nemtsov – BBC Russian

• March 3, 2015

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coffin Nemtsov installed indoors Sakharov Center

In Moscow, in the building of the Sakharov Centre held a memorial service for the policy of Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned down on Saturday night at the Great Moscow River bridge.

The first at the farewell ceremony co-chair the RPR-Parnas Mikhail Kasyanov. “We took Boris Nemtsov, took despicable. Nemtsov went down in history reformer and a fighter. He was the leader of the opposition, became an enemy to many, because telling the truth,” – said Kasyanov.

As the correspondent Bi BBC’s closest ally Nemtsov, Ilya Yashin recent years could hardly contain her tears. Ilya Yashin, “Boris paid with his life for his ideals, he left as a hero. [...] Boris will always be with us. We will complete his work and will make sure that Russia has become a country where he would be proud of,” – said Yashin .

just want to Nemtsov allowed in the room parts on the street gathered more than 2 thousand people, reports BBC BBC Rafael Saakov.

“next to the grave of his mother, relatives and friends of policy. By Nemtsov mother Dina Eydman among the first approached the US Ambassador John Tefft and his wife “- our correspondent says.

The farewell ceremony will last up to 14 hours on Troekurov cemetery funeral will begin at 15:30.

Not everyone

Senior officials of the state, the parliamentary leadership and many representatives of big business refused to come to the memorial service and funeral of Boris Nemtsov.

just come Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fedorov, head of the White House staff Sergei Prikhodko, a spokesman for Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Natalia Timakov.

arrived in Moscow from Ekaterinburg city mayor Yevgeny Roizman. “Took a day of leave. Arrived in Moscow to bid farewell to Nemtsov,” – he said on Twitter.

Not all colleagues and associates Nemtsov can say goodbye to him.

Alexei Navalny Presnenskiy District Judge the court refused to give respite to the serving of administrative arrest, a former colleague Nemtsov on the movement of “Solidarity” Garry Kasparov and economist Sergei Guriev said they did not come to Russia because of fears for their safety.

To honor the memory of the Russian politician was attended by representatives of human rights and international organizations have promised to come the ambassadors of all 28 EU countries.