Posted on 02/27/2015 3:19:54 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Boris Nemtsov, a Russian opposition politician and former deputy prime minister, has been shot dead in central Moscow, the Interior Ministry said early on Saturday.
Nemtsov, 55, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, had been due to take part on Sunday in the first big opposition protest in months in the Russian capital.
He was shot four times late on Friday night, not far from the Kremlin in the centre of Moscow. Police cars blocked the street where he was shot. An ambulance was also nearby.
"Nemtsov B.E. died at 2340 hours as a result of four shots in the back," an Interior Ministry spokeswoman said by telephone.
Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the murder and said it may have been a contract killing, Russian news agencies quoted his spokesman as saying.
Dmitry Peskov said the shooting late on Friday in Moscow could also be a "provocation" - the opposition plans a big protest in Moscow on Sunday. He said Putin had been quickly informed of the killing and that the president had expressed his condolences and ordered the security agencies to investigate.
Okayyyyy!
Hmmm...
“Who killed Kirov?”, Stalin asked...
Obama looking on approvingly.
I’d better not allow this to engender “Putin paranoia” in my mind; Pat Buchanan told me so.
Obviously due to Russia’s lax gun control laws.
News report I heard on the radio said Putin will personally oversee the investigation.
another proud Russian tradition....
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