Tens of thousands of Russians
marched through central Moscow in honour of opposition politician Boris
Nemtsov, who was shot dead on Friday.
Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy
prime minister and outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, was shot four times as
he walked near the Kremlin with his Ukrainian girlfriend on Friday evening.
And tens of thousands of
people carried portraits of Mr Nemtsov and banners reading ‘I am not afraid’,
gathering a point not far from Kremlin before marching past the spot where the
politician was killed. Some were chanting ‘Russia without Putin!’.
‘Boris was a good and honest
man,’ Maria Glazacheva, 22, told the BBC.
‘Moscow is a sad place today.’
The number of people in
attendance has been estimated at anywhere between 16,000 to 70,000 people.
Some laid flowers at the scene
of the killing, which is already covered with tributes. Others carried Russian
flags.
Some of the placards held by
those marching read ‘He died for the future of Russia.’
Moscow city authorities had
approved a march of up to 50,00 people. An opposition protest had been planned
on Sunday but the murder of Mr Nemtsov turned the event into a mourning rally.
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