thousands march in moscow to honour kremlin critic killed in 2015
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

Thousands march in Moscow to honour Kremlin critic killed in 2015

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Thousands march in Moscow to honour Kremlin critic killed in 2015

Russians marching through the centre of Moscow
Moscow - Arab Today

Thousands of Russians marched through the centre of Moscow on Sunday to honour opposition leader Boris Nemtsov two years after he was gunned down near the Kremlin walls, and to call for further investigations into his killing.

The 55-year-old Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot dead on a bridge near the Kremlin late in the evening of February 27, 2015, as he walked home with his girlfriend from a restaurant. 

Investigators have charged several Chechen men with the murder, but lawyers for Nemtsov's daughter said the investigation had failed to uncover who ordered the shooting.

Putin has said that he supported the investigation into Nemtsov's murder.

"We gathered here to demand bringing of Boris Nemtsov's killers to justice, not only its performers but also its organisers and those who ordered it," Ilya Yashin, a Russian opposition activist and an organiser of the march, told Reuters.

"We gathered here to demand political reforms and release of political prisoners."

The march coincided with the release of an anti-Kremlin activist Ildar Dadin from a Siberian prison on Sunday. He was the first person jailed under new rules that made some forms of non-violent protest a criminal offence.

The authorities blocked off several streets in central Moscow for Sunday's event, sealing in the marchers with metal fencing guarded by police.

Police put the number of marchers at 5,000, but a group of voluntary observers said there were more than 15,000 demonstrators.

The march gathered together political parties and opposition movements. "Boris Nemtsov is a hero of Russia," read one banner.

Some carried portraits of Nemtsov and chanted "Russia without Putin" and "Russia will be free". "Hands off Ukraine," some people chanted.

Nemtsov had authored an excoriating report on Putin's rule and, shortly before he was killed, had been working on a report examining the Russian military's role in Ukraine.

Source : Times Of Oman

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

thousands march in moscow to honour kremlin critic killed in 2015 thousands march in moscow to honour kremlin critic killed in 2015

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

thousands march in moscow to honour kremlin critic killed in 2015 thousands march in moscow to honour kremlin critic killed in 2015

 



GMT 09:32 2018 Wednesday ,12 December

Huawei CFO gets bail; China detains ex-Canadian diplomat

GMT 10:31 2016 Friday ,23 September

Shanghai diner closes day after getting Michelin star

GMT 12:21 2018 Wednesday ,28 November

BisB silver partner of World Islamic Banking Conference

GMT 10:09 2016 Thursday ,07 July

Gareth Bale and Wales eager to build

GMT 08:52 2017 Friday ,28 April

Lecture on pearl oysters held

GMT 03:09 2017 Thursday ,31 August

July24th-August23rd

GMT 03:04 2017 Sunday ,04 June

October24th-November22nd

GMT 10:25 2018 Friday ,07 December

Venezuela inks deals worth six bn dollars with Russia

GMT 05:15 2017 Tuesday ,21 February

Omega 3 can reduce asthma cases

GMT 08:30 2017 Saturday ,05 August

FBMA Summer Camp for Girls

GMT 18:06 2017 Sunday ,06 August

Ayana routs rivals to take world title

GMT 06:12 2017 Saturday ,06 May

PTA awards Uber ‘Certificate of Alignment’
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday