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Ukrainian police have opened a criminal investigation after Hanna Durytska, a key witness in the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov on Feb. 27, received threats, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office said in a press release on March 6 morning.

“Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Shokin has ordered that all necessary measures be taken to protect the life and health of Hanna Durytska, a witness in the killing of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov,” it said.