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Voice of America: Thousands of Russians march to remember murdered Putin critic

Published Feb. 26, 2017. Updated Feb. 26 at 7:20 pm

Supporters of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov hold flags and placards during a memorial march on Feb. 26, in central Moscow, two years after Nemtsov was gunned down just yards from the Kremlin. Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister in the government of Boris Yeltsin, was gunned down shortly before midnight on Feb. 27, 2015, while walking across a bridge a short distance from the Kremlin with his Ukrainian model girlfriend.

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Thousands of Russians are marching in Moscow to mark the two year anniversary of the death of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned down outside the Kremlin.

Marchers carried Russian flags and signs with quotes from Nemstov, including “Russia will be free.”