Russians put flowers to mark the death of the opposition leader

Russians put flowers to mark the death of the opposition leader

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  • ASSOCIATED PRESS Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition activist, deposits flowers near the place where opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot dead in Moscow, Russia. People gathered on the Moskvoretsky Bridge (Moscow River), near the Kremlin, in memory of a Russian opposition leader who was shot dead six years ago while walking on a bridge adjacent to the Kremlin. Nemtsov, 55, was one of Russia's most energetic and charismatic opposition figures. His death was a blow to the forces that opposed President Vladimir Putin.

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    Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition activist, deposits flowers near the place where opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot dead in Moscow, Russia. People gathered on the Moskvoretsky Bridge (Moscow River) near the Kremlin in memory of a Russian opposition leader who was shot dead six years ago while walking on a bridge adjacent to the Kremlin. Nemtsov, 55, was one of Russia’s most energetic and charismatic opposition figures. His death was a blow to the forces that opposed President Vladimir Putin.

  • ASSOCIATED PRESS People gather on the anniversary of the death of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in St. Petersburg, Russia. Nemtsov, a charismatic Russian opposition leader and staunch critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot dead on February 27, 2015 near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.

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    People gather on the anniversary of the death of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in St. Petersburg, Russia. Nemtsov, a charismatic Russian opposition leader and staunch critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot dead on February 27, 2015 near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.

MOSCOW >> Thousands of people rushed to a Moscow bridge overlooking the Kremlin today to place flowers and mark the sixth anniversary of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, a leading figure in the Russian opposition.

Nemtsov, 55, a former deputy prime minister, was shot dead while walking along the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky bridge in the early hours of February 27, 2015.

Among those who attended Saturday’s celebration was Yulia Navalnaya, wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Navalny’s arrest in January on returning to Moscow after five months of recovery in Germany from nerve agent poisoning sparked a wave of protests across the country.

Nemtsov was one of Russia’s most energetic and charismatic opposition figures, and his death was a blow to President Vladimir Putin’s political opponents.

A security officer from the Chechen leader, supported by the Kremlin, was sentenced to 20 years for firing the shots that killed Nemtsov. Four other men were sentenced to 11 to 19 years for involvement.

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