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Moscow - The German government's envoy for German-Russian relations Gernot Erler and Germany's Ambassador to Moscow Rudiger von Fritsch are attending the farewell ceremony for Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead in Moscow late on Feb. 27, the German Embassy said on Twitter.

According to the official Twitter channel for UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s office, “Sir John Major to represent UK at Boris Nemtsov’s memorial, over 20 years after they met here in Nizhny Novgorod.”