WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said on March 2 that the killing of opposition figure Boris Nemtsov is a sign of a worsening climate in Russia where civil rights and media freedoms have been rolled back in the last several years.
Reuters: Nemtsov killing sign of worsening climate in Russia – Obama
Portrait of Boris Nemtsov lays near flowers people brough to Independance square in Kyiv to commemorate his murder.