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Gunman guilty of Russia opposition murder | Gunman guilty of Russia opposition murder |
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A Russian court has found the main suspect in the killing of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov guilty. | A Russian court has found the main suspect in the killing of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov guilty. |
Zaur Dadayev shot the former deputy prime minister, a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin, in February 2015 near the Kremlin. | Zaur Dadayev shot the former deputy prime minister, a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin, in February 2015 near the Kremlin. |
He and four other ethnic Chechens on trial were allegedly promised $250,000 (£192,000) to kill Nemtsov. | |
The late opposition leader's relatives fear whoever ordered the killing will never be found. | The late opposition leader's relatives fear whoever ordered the killing will never be found. |
The court in Moscow found the four other defendants - brothers Anzor Gubashev and Shagid Gubashev, Ramzan Bakhayev and Tamerlan Eskerkhanov - guilty of acting as accomplices to the murder. | |
A sixth man, Beslan Shabanov, died after he was detained in Chechnya. | |
They all denied the charges against them. |