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Russian opposition politician and former Deputy
Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov attends an unsanctioned rally at Red
Square, April 8, 2012, in Moscow.
Russia's Interior Ministry says Boris Nemtsov, a leading
opposition figure and former deputy prime minister, has been shot and
killed near the Kremlin.
Nemtsov, a sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was killed early Saturday. His death comes just a day before a major opposition rally in Moscow.
President Putin condemned the murder and said it may
have been a contract killing, Russian news agencies quoted his spokesman as saying early on Saturday.
The Interior Ministry, which oversees Russia's police force, said that Nemtsov was shot four times from a passing car as he was walking a bridge just outside the Kremlin.
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Nemtsov served a deputy prime minister in the 1990s and later became a prominent opponent to Putin, helping organize street protests and exposing official corruption.
Nemtsov, a sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was killed early Saturday. His death comes just a day before a major opposition rally in Moscow.
President Putin condemned the murder and said it may
have been a contract killing, Russian news agencies quoted his spokesman as saying early on Saturday.
The Interior Ministry, which oversees Russia's police force, said that Nemtsov was shot four times from a passing car as he was walking a bridge just outside the Kremlin.
Read MorePutin slammed as 'naked king'...but ruble rallies
Nemtsov served a deputy prime minister in the 1990s and later became a prominent opponent to Putin, helping organize street protests and exposing official corruption.
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