Russia: six years ago, the assassination of Boris Nemtsov in Moscow
Moscow, March 2015, on the bridge where Boris Nemtsov was assassinated, near the Kremlin, his supporters laid flowers.
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Six years ago, Boris Nemtsov was gunned down under the walls of the Kremlin as he walked home with his partner.
Boris Nemtsov's supporters are called upon to come and lay flowers on the bridge crossing the Moskva, at the very place where the opponent was murdered.
It came close to this commemoration being banned.
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Earlier this week, the Moscow city hall had the memorial located under the walls of the Kremlin evacuated, on the very spot where
Boris Nemtsov
was assassinated in 2015. The former Deputy Prime Minister of Boris Yeltsin strongly criticized the Russian president Vladimir Putin and Russia's involvement in the Ukrainian conflict.
Since his disappearance, supporters of the opponent have taken turns night and day, reports our correspondent in Moscow,
Jean-Didier Revoin
.
Eventually, the town hall finally allowed people to come and lay flowers where Boris Nemtsov fell under four bullets on the evening of February 27, 2015. The organizers of the march immediately conveyed the message to avoid waving signs. or photos, to respect the rules of distancing and to come only with flowers so as not to give an excuse to the police to proceed to arrests.
Six years after the death of the opponent, we still do not know who ordered his assassination.
Officially, the Russian justice continues its investigation but the daughter of the opponent, Ianna Nemtsova, co-founder of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom, wants to speed things up.
She is counting on journalists
from the investigation sites
Bellingcat and The Insider, the same ones who allowed Alexei Navalny to identify members of the team in charge of poisoning her, to obtain names.
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These media have also started to investigate the death of Boris Nemtsov and according to his daughter, many new elements will be known soon.
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