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In reply to the discussion: Boris Nemtsov's Murder May Have Been Provocation: Russian Officials [View all]happyslug
(14,779 posts)Nemtsov was NOT a member of Putin's United Russia has 238 seats in the National Duma. Boris Nemtsov was NOT a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation which has the second largest number of seats at 92 seats. Boris Nemtsov was NOT a member of #3, A Just Russia with its 64 seats in the DUMA and he was NOT a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia which holds 56 seats in the Duma.
Boris Nemtsov was a member of the People's Freedom Party, which has NO members in the National Duma and ONE Member (Nemtsov) in the 3787 Seats in regional Parliaments in Russia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Russia_%E2%80%93_People%27s_Freedom_Party
The party claims it has 46,158 members, compared to the Communist Party of Russia which as a membership of 156,528.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_the_Russian_Federation
Just a Comment that he is another politician more popular in the West then in Russia.