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| Boris Nemtsov killing: Zaur Dadaev admits involvement in crime as he and Anzor Gubashev formally charged in Russian court | |
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| One man has admitted to his involvement in the killing of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov today, as four other people appeared in court in connection with the murder that shocked Russia. | |
| Zaur Dadaev and Anzor Gubashev, both from Russia’s North Caucus region, were charged at the Basmanny courthouse in Moscow on Sunday, court spokeswoman Anna Fadeeva told reporters. | Zaur Dadaev and Anzor Gubashev, both from Russia’s North Caucus region, were charged at the Basmanny courthouse in Moscow on Sunday, court spokeswoman Anna Fadeeva told reporters. |
| Dadaev has admitted to his involvement in the crime, Russian news agencies reported. His alleged actions have not been officially specified, but the BBC has reported the two men are both accused of organising and carrying out the murder that shocked Russia. | |
| Anzor Gubashev has been charged for his involvement in Nemtsov's murder Three other suspects have also appeared in court in connection with the murder. Reuters has named the men as Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, Shagid Gubashev and Ramzan Bakhayev, though no official information on the suspects has been released. | |
| Dadaev is reported to have served in a battalion of Interior Ministry troops in Chechnya, while Gubashev had worked in Moscow in a private security company, according to state news agencies Tass and RIA Novosti. | Dadaev is reported to have served in a battalion of Interior Ministry troops in Chechnya, while Gubashev had worked in Moscow in a private security company, according to state news agencies Tass and RIA Novosti. |
| The pair had been detained in Ingushetia, a republic bordering Chechnya, Ingush Security Council chief Albert Barakhoev is quoted as saying, though Russia’s Federal Security Service gave no details of how the men were detained or how they were connected to the killing. | The pair had been detained in Ingushetia, a republic bordering Chechnya, Ingush Security Council chief Albert Barakhoev is quoted as saying, though Russia’s Federal Security Service gave no details of how the men were detained or how they were connected to the killing. |
| Alexander Bortnikov, the head of Russia's federal security service, said the two were “suspected of carrying out this crime”, but it was not clear if either of the suspects was believed to have fired the shots that killed Mr Nemtsov as he and a companion walked over a bridge near the Kremlin in Moscow on February 28. | Alexander Bortnikov, the head of Russia's federal security service, said the two were “suspected of carrying out this crime”, but it was not clear if either of the suspects was believed to have fired the shots that killed Mr Nemtsov as he and a companion walked over a bridge near the Kremlin in Moscow on February 28. |
| Three suspects, named by Reuters as Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, Shagid Gubashev and Ramzan Bakhayev, hide their faces Little information has been released regarding the further three suspects, though two of them are understood to have been detained at the same time as Dadaev and Gubashev, state media quoted Barakhoev as saying. A fifth suspect had only been revealed to reporters by the Investigating Committee shortly before the court session began. | |
| Additional reporting by agencies | Additional reporting by agencies |