Boris Nemtsov rose to prominence as one of the so-called “young reformers", a group of Russian liberals who took leading positions in the government of Boris Yeltsin during the mid-1990s.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Financial Times: Reformer who challenged Putin’s grip
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Leader of the State Duma's Right-Wing Union faction Boris Nemtsov on July 4, 2000. Nemtsov became a fierce critic of Putin. His assassination on Feb. 27 in Moscow is seen as a message that Putin will not tolerate any opposition to his dictatorship or his war against Ukraine.
