Boris Nemtsov murder: tens of thousands march in Moscow

Thousands of people have marched throught central Moscow with portraits of Boris Nemtsov and banners saying "I am not afraid". He had been due to lead an opposition march on Sunday,  but the Kremlin is accused by Mr Nemtsov's allies from shot him dead. Putin refuse this teory.

Many people marched also in St Petersburg and they carried with the national flag and flowers in the scene of the killing, piled with tributes. A few persons hold the Ukranian flag. Some placards read: "He died for the future of Russia" and "They were afraid of you, Boris".

Ilya Yashin, an opposition politician, told that "it has been a political murder aimed at frightening the..part of the population that supported Nemstov and did not agree with the government. I hope we won't get scared".

Gennady Gudkov told: "If we can stop the campaign of hate that's being directed at the opposition, then we have a chance to change Russia. If not, then we face the prospect of mass civil conflict".

Pro-Kremlin activits from the group Anti.Maidan said they would not disrupt the march.

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PERSONAL COMMENT:

I think we are in the XXI's century and there it isn't acceptable that people die because of politician reasons. The solidarity from the russians with the march(where the most probably were people that doesn't agree with Netslov's thoughts) evidence that the people of the world can fight against violence.

News by the BBC