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“As for the murder of Nemcov, I recently discussed it with colleagues. The case probably needs to develop, although in general everything is clear: the perpetrators have been found, as well as the clients,” Putin said at a meeting of the Rights Council. Kremlin Humans on Thursday, the transcript of which was released the next day.
Nemtsov, one of Putin’s most outrageous critics, who worked in the administration of his predecessor Boris Yeltsin, was shot dead on February 27, 2015 on the Moscow River Bridge near the Kremlin.
In July 2017, former Chechen security official Zaur Dadajev was sentenced to 20 years in prison as the perpetrator of Nemtsov’s murder. Four more men were found guilty of their role in the murder.
However, Nemtsov’s family and colleagues believe that the true organizers of the murder have not yet been punished. Many point to the Moscow-backed Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and the Kremlin itself.
In July, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) raised questions with the Russian government following a complaint filed in the summer of 2015 by Nemtsov’s daughter Jeanne that the case of her father’s murder had not been properly investigated.
The court asked Moscow to clarify whether the investigation into Nemtsov’s murder had been carried out correctly, as required by the European Convention on Human Rights. as well as if the victim, Jean Nemtsova, had effective remedies.
Furthermore, the ECHR requested that it be provided with copies of the entire investigation file on the case of the murder of Mr. Nemtsov.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Nemtsov became the first governor of the Lower Novgorod region. He subsequently served as Minister and Deputy Prime Minister for Fuel and Energy and was elected to Parliament several times.
In 2008, Nemtsov, along with other Russian opponents, founded the Solidarity movement and since 2012 he has been one of the chairmen of the opposition Russian Republican Party, the People’s Freedom Party. He was also a member of the Coordination Council created by the Russian opposition.
Since September 2013, the politician has been a deputy in the Yaroslavl Regional Parliament.
Svetlana Petrenko, a spokeswoman for Russia’s investigation committee, recently told the Interfax news agency that investigators were still investigating the cases of Ruslan Muchudinov, the client and organizer of Nemtsov’s alleged murder, as well as his accomplices.
In 2015, an international search for Muchudinov, a low-ranking Chechen security officer, was announced.
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