Nemtsov, 55, was shot four times in the back, the Russian Interior Ministry said. A police spokeswoman said at the scene that nemtsov and a Ukrainian woman were walking on a bridge in moscow river when the murder happened. "nemtsov was shot four times in the back and died at 23: 40 p.m," a spokeswoman for the Russian Ministry of Interior said by telephone.
A police spokesman at the scene said that the murderer shot nemtsov in a moving white car and then fled the scene. The accompanying woman is being investigated by the police.
background information
The media quoted nemtsov as saying that he was worried that President Putin wanted him dead because he opposed the Ukrainian war. Sunday's anti-war demonstration was aimed at protesting the war in eastern Ukraine.
Like other opposition leaders, nemtsov is also an anti-corruption fighter. He once accused the Russian government of lavish investment and extravagance in the Sochi Winter Olympics, and listed many state-owned buildings, helicopters and planes for Putin to enjoy.
Nemtsov was also one of the leaders of the large-scale rally in the winter of 201-12, which later evolved into the largest protest demonstration since Putin came to power in 2000.
Investigation progress
In March 2005 1, 2065438, the car picture of the murderer of the former Russian Deputy Prime Minister was exposed, and Russian TV station released the city surveillance video. Nemozov's assassin did not escape in a hurry after the assassination. He didn't even change lanes when he left, but followed a large vehicle in the slow lane.
On March 8th, 20 15, Russian authorities arrested two suspects suspected of assassinating opposition leader nemtsov. The head of the Russian Federal Security Service said that President Putin had learned that two suspects were arrested, they were professional killers from the North Caucasus, and they confessed to the facts. Putin condemned the shooting incident, calling it a "cruel murder" and personally ordered an investigation into the case. Putin said that on the eve of nemtsov's upcoming large-scale protest demonstration in Moscow on Sunday, gunmen might be hired to create "trouble" in the shooting.
Kasyanov Mikhail, a former Russian prime minister and opposition politician, told the Reuters reporter on the Russian River Bridge: "It is inconceivable that opposition leaders were shot outside the walls of the Kremlin. There is only one possibility: he was killed because he told the truth. " He called nemtsov "a soldier who died for the truth".
US President Barack Obama called for a fair and transparent investigation of this "cruel murder" to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice.