assassination of Boris Nemtsov

When

27 Feb 2015

Kind

Assassination

Deaths

1

Coordinates

55.75° N, 37.62° E

Description

2015 murder of a Russian opposition politician

2015 murder in Moscow, Russia

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 time. An unknown assailant fired seven or eight shots from a Makarov pistol. Four of them hit Nemtsov in the head, heart, liver and stomach, killing him almost instantly.

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