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Fri Feb 27, 2015, 06:46 PM Feb 2015

BREAKING: Report: Boris Nemtsov, outspoken critic of Putin, shot dead in Moscow [View all]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/27/europe/russian-politician-killed/index.html

Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot four times and killed by an unknown assailant in central Moscow on Friday evening, a law enforcement agency told Russian state news agency Itar Tass.

He was deputy prime minister in the late 1990s under President Boris Yeltsin and had been one of current President Vladimir Putin's most vocal critics.

One of Nemtsov's criticisms was over the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi. Nemtsov published a report in 2013 describing the Sochi games as one of the most "outrageous swindles" in recent Russian history. He claimed that up to 60% of the final cost -- or $30 billion -- had been embezzled.
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Here's an account from RT.com. Karmadillo Feb 2015 #1
Lol! zappaman Feb 2015 #4
I'll wait until Robert Parry tells us it was Ukrainian Nazis or a false flag operation, thank you nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #9
Ukrainian? This has military industrial complex written all over it. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #14
Well, Ukrainian Nazis are really the local franchise for the BFEE . . . nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #16
The IMF BainsBane Feb 2015 #21
Oh, it's a contract murder all right BainsBane Feb 2015 #11
Did they explain how the killers got away in such a heavily guarded area? nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #18
Hm. Where was Bill O'Reilly at the time? randome Feb 2015 #2
LMAO!!! n/t Exhibit A Feb 2015 #5
Honestly, is anyone really all that surprised? NuclearDem Feb 2015 #3
It's causing an uproar in Moscow, so I guess they are surprised that an assassination so blatant uhnope Feb 2015 #32
Suicide? Throd Feb 2015 #6
He was murdered by a group of armed men right in front of the Kremlin BainsBane Feb 2015 #8
It was a Sopranos reference. Multiple shots in a "suicide". Throd Feb 2015 #12
Sorry, I missed it BainsBane Feb 2015 #17
He used a self-driving car and a remote controlled pistol. randome Feb 2015 #10
He was on his way to a peace rally protesting Russia's war on the Ukraine. BainsBane Feb 2015 #7
Polonium in short supply? IDemo Feb 2015 #13
Hopefully it was quick. Better than a pick axe in the head./NT DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #15
Kirov, anyone? First Speaker Feb 2015 #19
oh what the hell!! Sheepshank Feb 2015 #20
+ LOL's misterhighwasted Feb 2015 #22
he's a real leader! Real leaders no how to deal with the opposition!!! Takket Feb 2015 #30
Never fear, Putin himself will lead the investigation. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #23
He's on it right now: IDemo Feb 2015 #24
One of the best. May his memory be eternal. knitter4democracy Feb 2015 #25
The Kontakion of the departed hrmjustin Feb 2015 #26
I await the Greenwald/Snowden take on this. nt msanthrope Feb 2015 #27
Just don't hit the Intercept refresh page too often. randome Feb 2015 #28
Yep, Snowden and Greenwald really know how to pick their leaders. Putin over Obama. Geniuses stevenleser Feb 2015 #29
Polonium takes too long. moondust Feb 2015 #31
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