Boris Nemtsov's murder sends shockwaves through Russian opposition

KIEV, Ukraine — "I hope common sense will prevail, and Putin won't kill you."

"God willing. I hope so, too."

See also: Opposition figure shot dead in Moscow, steps from Kremlin

That conversation, between an interviewer and Boris Nemtsov, the liberal Russian opposition activist and former deputy prime minister, was on Feb. 10, just 17 days before he was gunned down around midnight on Friday in a gangland style murder a few hundred yards from the Kremlin and the famous onion domes of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow. It happened two days before he was to lead an opposition rally he organized in Moscow. Read more...

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