MOSCOW — Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic Russian opposition leader and sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down Saturday near the Kremlin, just a day before a planned protest against the government.
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Associated Press: Prominent Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov shot dead
The body of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov is covered with plastic lies on Moskvoretsky bridge near St. Basil cathidral (background) in central Moscow on February 28, 2015. Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot dead in central Moscow overnight Friday, an interior ministry spokesman told. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY SERERYAKOV
