Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Serge Schmemann: The brilliant Boris Nemtsov
Eventually they’ll arrest someone for murdering Boris Nemtsov, especially after President Vladimir Putin was said to be giving the case his personal attention. The authorities have already begun to spin conspiracy theories, including the outrageous suggestion that he may have been killed by political allies to create a martyr. What will remain is not a murder case, but the image of the opposition politician who had once personified so many of Russia’s hopes, lying dead within sight of the Kremlin fortress and the whimsical cupolas of St. Basil’s Cathedral.