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Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Feb 27, 2015 05:12pm |
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| Author | BBC |
| News Date | Friday, February 27, 2015 11:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | 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.
He was shot near the Kremlin while walking with a woman, according to Russian-language news website Meduza.
"Several people" had got out of a car and shot him, it added.
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.
Falling out of favour with Yeltsin's successor, Vladimir Putin, Mr Nemtsov became an outspoken opposition politician. |
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