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Nemtsov killing: Russia court charges two men with murder | |
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A court in Moscow has charged two men in connection with the murder of Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov. | |
The two, named as Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadayev, are of Chechen origin, according to Russian media reports. | |
Three other suspects in the case also appeared before the court on Sunday. | |
Nemtsov was killed on a bridge within sight of the Kremlin as he was walking with his girlfriend on the night of 27 February. The murder shocked Russia. | Nemtsov was killed on a bridge within sight of the Kremlin as he was walking with his girlfriend on the night of 27 February. The murder shocked Russia. |
The former deputy prime minister and veteran liberal politician, 55, was shot in the back four times. He was buried in Moscow on Tuesday. | The former deputy prime minister and veteran liberal politician, 55, was shot in the back four times. He was buried in Moscow on Tuesday. |
Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadayev are both accused of organising and carrying out the murder. | |
The suspects were bundled through a back door of the court by armed guards in balaclavas. | |
Younger brother | |
Little is known about the men, but reports say Zaur Dadayev served in a battalion of interior ministry troops in Chechnya. | |
The other suspects include Mr Gubashev's younger brother Shagid Gubashev and two men named only as Bakhayev and Eskerkhanov. | |
President Vladimir Putin has condemned Nemtsov's murder and called for an end to "shameful" political killings in Russia. | President Vladimir Putin has condemned Nemtsov's murder and called for an end to "shameful" political killings in Russia. |
But leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny accused the Kremlin of ordering the assassination to cow the opposition amid Russia's mounting economic problems. | But leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny accused the Kremlin of ordering the assassination to cow the opposition amid Russia's mounting economic problems. |
Nemtsov was killed just days before a march he was organising against the war in Ukraine. | Nemtsov was killed just days before a march he was organising against the war in Ukraine. |
He had also been drafting a report expected to expose covert Russian military involvement in the conflict. | He had also been drafting a report expected to expose covert Russian military involvement in the conflict. |
Some 50,000 people attended a rally near the Kremlin in protest at his death on 1 March and thousands turned out to pay their respects at his funeral. | Some 50,000 people attended a rally near the Kremlin in protest at his death on 1 March and thousands turned out to pay their respects at his funeral. |