Today, the leader of the Russian opposition, Boris Nemtsov, would have turned 60 years old. Before this date, the politician did not live: he was killed in the centre of Moscow in February 2015. This happened on the eve of the opposition march, the organizer of which he was. Also the next day, he was to publish his report with evidence of the participation of the Russian army in the hostilities in the Donbas.
Boris Nemtsov was one of the leading Russian opposition politicians. And also — one of the most notable critics of the Putin regime. And his murder was perhaps the most high-profile in modern Russia. It aroused worldwide indignation and attracted the attention of the international community to the difficult situation of the Russian opposition.
Supporters of Boris Nemtsov remember him and continue his work. Today they plan to lay flowers on the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky bridge. That’s where he was killed.
And in Warsaw today opened the fourth forum of Boris Nemtsov. The main topic of discussion is “Fighting Fear in Russia and Beyond”. The forum will be attended by the daughter of a Russian politician — Zhanna Nemtsova, economist Sergey Guriev, Russian opposition Aleksey Navalny, Vladimir Kara-Murza.
Five people were convicted in the murder of Boris Nemtsov. According to the investigation, the direct executor of the crime was Zaur Dadaev, deputy commander of the Chechen battalion “North”. He was assigned 20 years in a strict regime colony. Four more people received prison sentences ranging from 11 to 19 years. The organizers and instigators of the incident have not yet been named.
Today, MNews World remembers most vivid quotes from Boris Nemtsov:
