Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Serge Schmemann: The brilliant Boris Nemtsov
Russia's opposition supporters carry portraits of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov during a march in central Moscow on March 1, 2015. Words under portraits read (L-R) \"Fight\", \"These bullets in each of us\", \"He fought for our future\" and \"Heroes never die\". The 55-year-old former first deputy prime minister under Boris Yeltsin was shot in the back several times just before midnight on Feb. 27 as he walked across a bridge a stone's throw from the Kremlin walls. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI GAPON
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.
