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Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead | Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead |
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A leading Russian opposition politician, former deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, has been shot dead in Moscow, Russian officials say. | A leading Russian opposition politician, former deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, has been shot dead in Moscow, Russian officials say. |
An unidentified attacker shot Mr Nemtsov four times in central Moscow, a source in the law enforcement bodies told Russia's Interfax news agency. | An unidentified attacker shot Mr Nemtsov four times in central Moscow, a source in the law enforcement bodies told Russia's Interfax news agency. |
He was reportedly shot near the Kremlin while walking with a woman. | |
He died just before a march in Moscow against the war in Ukraine which he was actively promoting. | |
Mr Nemtsov, 55, served as first deputy prime minister under the late President Boris Yeltsin in the 1990s. | Mr Nemtsov, 55, served as first deputy prime minister under the late President Boris Yeltsin in the 1990s. |
He had earned a reputation as an economic reformer while governor of one of Russia's biggest cities, Nizhny Novgorod. | He had earned a reputation as an economic reformer while governor of one of Russia's biggest cities, Nizhny Novgorod. |
Falling out of favour with Yeltsin's successor, Vladimir Putin, Mr Nemtsov became an outspoken opposition politician. | Falling out of favour with Yeltsin's successor, Vladimir Putin, Mr Nemtsov became an outspoken opposition politician. |
Mr Putin has been widely accused of fomenting the bloody rebellion in east Ukraine - an accusation he denies. | |
'Putin's aggression' | |
According to Russian-language news website Meduza, "several people" got out of a car and shot him. | |
He was shot in the back with a pistol from a white car which fled the scene, Interfax's source said. | |
One of the politician's colleagues in his RPR-Parnassus party, Ilya Yashin, confirmed Mr Nemtsov's death. | |
"Unfortunately I can see the corpse of Boris Nemtsov in front of me now," he was quoted as saying by Russia's lenta.ru news website. "At the Bolshoy Zamoskvoretsky Bridge. I see the body and lots of police around it." | |
In his last tweet, Mr Nemtsov sent out an appeal for Russia's divided opposition to unite at an anti-war march he was planning for Sunday. | |
"If you support stopping Russia's war with Ukraine, if you support stopping Putin's aggression, come to the Spring March in Maryino on 1 March," he wrote. | |
Are you in Russia? What is your reaction to the death of Boris Nemtsov? You can email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. | |
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