Boris Nemtsov was shot at approx. 23.40 (21.40 in Poland) in the heart of Moscow, the Kremlin walls before: on the big bridge Moskworeckim, adjacent to Wasiliewskiego Spusku, which is an extension of the Red Square.
On Sunday was to be a demonstration against War
He had four bullets in the back, three missed. Not caught the perpetrators. The opposition is convinced that it was a political murder.
The Germans was regarded as an implacable critic of the Kremlin. Just before the winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Putin accused the ruling elite and corruption. Once again. Often also hosted in Kiev, openly supporting the pro-Western leadership of Ukraine and Russia’s involvement in the Donbas described as Russian aggression. This Sunday was scheduled to perform during the anti-government organized their demonstrations against the war in Ukraine. He hoped – according to the German agency dpa – that the flame of the revolution will also include Russia. Recently, in an interview, he mentioned about his mother’s fears for his life.
From the Deputy Prime Minister to oppositionist
Born October 9, 1959 year in Sochi on the Black Sea Germans in the 90s was the governor of Nizhny Novgorod on the Volga. At the turn of the year 1997/98 the political career gained momentum – Boris Yeltsin brought him to the government. Nemtsov was deputy prime minister of Russia, and quickly gained a reputation as a liberal reformer. Was one of the closest associates of Boris Yeltsin, who considered even appoint him as his successor.
But the Putin administration career did not. He became a critic of the Kremlin’s actions. He was a co-founder of the liberal Solidarity movement, which aimed to the unification of the democratic opposition. In the years 2011-12 was one of the organizers of the protests in Moscow after winning controlled by Putin and his United Russia presidential and parliamentary elections.
In March 2011, the Germans issued a report “Putin. Corruption,” in which the accused Putin that under his rule, corruption in Russia “ceased to be a problem, and the system has become.” He estimated it that such theft and bribery, as for Putin, Russia did not know throughout its history. According to Nemtsov turnover of corruption in Russia reached $ 300 billion a year, which then consisted of 25 percent. of its GDP.
He could not unite opponents of the Kremlin
Last Nemtsov was one of the leaders of the Republican Party of Russia – National Freedom Party (Parnas) and the Regional Duma deputy in Yaroslavl, 250 miles northeast of Moscow. “I am a liberal on economic issues, but in politics in favor of a strong state,” – said of himself in a newspaper interview.
A well-built, athletic, father of four children, eagerly surrounded himself with young women. I guess no one could deny him charisma, but – as emphasized by many analysts – did not have it so much to unite around themselves divided Russian opposition.
Opposition: “This is a political murder”
A close friend of the murdered politician, leader of the Solidarity movement Ilya Yashin, declared that there is no doubt that this is a political murder. Yashin revealed that the Germans prepared for printing the report “Putin and war”, in which he presented evidence of the participation of the armed forces of Russia in the war in Ukraine.
The murder occurred on Sunday before the scheduled protest march against the policies of Putin’s opposition and War in Ukraine. Nemtsov was one of the organizers. Interfax news agency, citing investigators, reported that the murder Nemtsov may be a manifestation of provocation against opponents of the Kremlin.
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