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Paul Roderick Gregory: Videotape of Nemtsov murder suggests high-level assistance
Russian police investigators walk past the body of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, covered by plastic, on Bolshoi Moskvoretsky bridge near St. Basil Cathedral (background) in central Moscow on Feb. 28. A Russian opposition leader and fierce critic of President Vladmir Putin, Boris Nemtsov, was shot dead by an unidentified attacker who fired multiple rounds at the politician as he was walking in central Moscow late Friday. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY SERERYAKOV
There may be no place in Moscow more secure than the massive Kremlin complex where Vladimir Putin and his presidential apparat work. The Bolshoi Moskvaretsky Bridge, from which pedestrians can catch spectacular views of the Kremlin, falls within this zone of highest security.