Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov was a Russian physicist, liberal statesman and politician, opposition leader and outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin. Early in his political career, he was involved in the intr
Nemtsov in 2014
Boris Nemtsov, leader of the Union of Right Forces parliamentary party, with President Vladimir Putin, July 2000
Nemtsov at the World Economic Forum, 2 October 2003, Moscow
Barack Obama and Russian political leaders, namely liberals Leonid Gozman, Boris Nemtsov, communist Gennady Zyuganov, social democrat Yelena Mizulina and social liberal Sergey Mitrokhin
On 27 February 2015, Boris Nemtsov, a Russian politician opposed to the government of Vladimir Putin, was assassinated as he crossed the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge in central Moscow at 23:31 local ti
Flowers and candles near the site of Nemtsov's assassination
Nemtsov was shot dead while crossing the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge.
People gathered at the site of Boris Nemtsov's murder, 28 February 2015
March in memory of Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, 1 March 2015. Banner reads as following: Heroes don't die.