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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Mon Mar 2, 2015, 05:39 PM Mar 2015

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Slain Kremlin Critic Nemtsov Thought Fame Offered Protection

(CNN)Slain Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov knew criticizing the Kremlin was dangerous, but thought his fame would protect him.

The 55-year-old was walking home from dinner with his girlfriend Anna Duritskaya when he was gunned down in Moscow on Friday.

Nemtsov had been arrested several times for speaking against Putin's government. The most recent arrests were in 2011 when he protested the results of parliamentary elections and in 2012 when tens of thousands protested against Putin.

In an interview with CNN's Anthony Bourdain last year, Nemtsov spoke of the deaths of other Kremlin critics, but said his fame offered some protection.

"I'm a well-known guy, and this is a safety because if something happens with me, it will be scandal not only in Moscow city but throughout the world," he said then.

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http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/02/europe/russia-opposition-leader-bourdain/

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Slain Kremlin Critic Nemtsov Thought Fame Offered Protection (Original Post) Purveyor Mar 2015 OP

Putin has killed in public before. Remember Skidmore Mar 2015 #1

And Litvinenko, killed with Polonium-210 BainsBane Mar 2015 #2

What goes unsaid is that Nemtsov was followed and montored by the FSB Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #3

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)

1. Putin has killed in public before. Remember

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2015, 05:43 PM

Mar 2015

the guy who was poisoned after being stabbed with an umbrella? These are acts of terror designed to intimidate those who oppose him.

BainsBane

(53,032 posts)

2. And Litvinenko, killed with Polonium-210

Reply to Skidmore (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 2, 2015, 05:46 PM

Mar 2015

These high profile murders are clearly intended to send a message: Cross Putin and you will pay.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

3. What goes unsaid is that Nemtsov was followed and montored by the FSB

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2015, 05:58 PM

Mar 2015

at all times...So at the minimum they did nothing while the shooting took place...

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