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Flowers and a condolence message that reads “In memory of Boris” are placed with a portrait of Boris Nemtsov at the site where Nemtsov was gunned down near the Kremlin, against a backdrop of the Kremlin Wall, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Two suspects held over murder of Kremlin critic Nemtsov

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 7, 2015 | World

Moscow, Reuters—Two suspects have been detained over the killing of Boris Nemtsov, Russian officials said, a week after he was shot dead near the Kremlin in the most high-profile killing of an opposition figure in years. The Investigative Committee, the state body...

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People queue to pay their last respects to murdered Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov during a mourning ceremony at the Sakharov center in Moscow, Russia, on March 3, 2015. (EPA/Sergei Ilnitsky)

Mourners pay respects to murdered Kremlin critic Nemtsov

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 3, 2015 | World

Moscow, Reuters—Several hundred Russians, many carrying red carnations, queued on Tuesday to pay their respects to Boris Nemtsov, the Kremlin critic whose murder last week showed the hazards of speaking out against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin’s aides...

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A woman places a candle at the site of the killing of Russian opposition veteran leader Boris Nemtsov in central Moscow, Russia, on March 1, 2015. (EPA/Sergei Ilnitsky)

Russians to march in memory of murdered critic of Putin

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 1, 2015 | World

Moscow, Reuters—Opposition supporters will march through Moscow on Sunday in memory of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, whose murder has increased concern about Russia’s future among opponents of President Vladimir Putin. Thousands of people laid flowers and lit...

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People place flowers at the spot where Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot dead, in the center of Moscow on February 28, 2015. (AFP Photo/Sergei Gapon)

Prominent Putin critic Boris Nemtsov shot dead near Kremlin

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 28, 2015 | World

Moscow, AP—A few hours after going on the radio to denounce President Vladimir Putin’s policies as mad, charismatic opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down early Saturday as he walked near the Kremlin. Colleagues in Russia’s beleaguered and...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, on February 25, 2015.
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Putin warns gas supplies to Ukraine, Europe could be disrupted

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 25, 2015 | World

Novo-Ogaryovo, Russia, Reuters—President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday that Russia would halt gas supplies to Ukraine if it did not receive advance payment, raising the possibility of onward deliveries to Europe being disrupted for the fourth time in a decade....