Former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, has been shot dead in Moscow, Russian officials say.
An unidentified attacker in a car shot Mr Nemtsov four times in the back as he crossed a bridge in view of the Kremlin and he died hours after appealing for support for a march on Sunday in Moscow against the war in Ukraine.
Boris Nemstov at around 23:40 (20:40 GMT) on Friday Feb 27,2015 while crossing Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge accompanied by a woman, Russia's interior ministry said.
Boris Nemtsov(55)served as first deputy prime minister under 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, Validmir Putin, he became an outspoken opposition politician.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned the murder, the Kremlin says.
President Putin has assumed "personal control" of the investigation into the killing, said his spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
It "bears the hallmarks of a contract killing," said Dmitry Peskov.
In a recent interview, Boris Nemtsov had said he feared Mr Putin would have him killed because of his opposition to the war in Ukraine.
People came during the night to leave flowers at the scene
Boris Nemstov at around 23:40 (20:40 GMT) on Friday Feb 27,2015 while crossing Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge accompanied by a woman, Russia's interior ministry said.
Boris Nemtsov(55)served as first deputy prime minister under 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, Validmir Putin, he became an outspoken opposition politician.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned the murder, the Kremlin says.
President Putin has assumed "personal control" of the investigation into the killing, said his spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
It "bears the hallmarks of a contract killing," said Dmitry Peskov.
In a recent interview, Boris Nemtsov had said he feared Mr Putin would have him killed because of his opposition to the war in Ukraine.
People came during the night to leave flowers at the scene
Thousands march in Russia to mourn Putin critic Boris NemtsovSunday March 01,2015
Carrying flowers, portraits and signs that said “I am not afraid,” tens
of thousands of people held a sombre on Sunday in Moscow to mourn
opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, whose slaying on the streets of the
capital has shaken Russia’s beleaguered opposition.
The mourners marched to the bridge near the Kremlin where Nemtsov was
gunned down shortly before midnight Friday. Chanting “we’ll not forget,
we’ll not forgive” and waving Russian flags, the crowd filled the road
along the Moscow River embankment. Many tied black ribbons to railings
along the way.
The mood was sombre, with heavy security. Police helicopters flew overhead and police boats patrolled the river.
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