# Murder of Boris Nemtsov

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-of-boris-nemtsov/714188>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 4, 2015, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-of-boris-nemtsov/714188 "2015-03-04T10:31:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-of-boris-nemtsov/714188/1 "2015-03-04T10:31:32Z")

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Boris Nemtsov, staunch critic of Vladimir Putin, was assassinated on February 27 while crossing a bridge right next to Moscow’s Red Square, basically at a stone’s throw from the Kremlin.

As if there were not enough suspicions of this being a liquidation sponsored by highly-placed people, now we have this:

> **[Boris Nemtsov murder: security cameras 'turned off for maintenance'](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11444367/Boris-Nemtsov-murder-security-cameras-turned-off-for-maintenance.html)**
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> Security cameras that could have recorded Kremlin critic's death were reportedly turned off for maintenance, as Russian foreign minister calls murder a "heinous crime"

This definitely doesn’t help clearing the air after such an act.

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**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-of-boris-nemtsov/714188/2 "2015-03-04T12:46:53Z")

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Someone critical of Putin murdered you say? suspicious circumstances you say? He isn’t the first and won’t be the last.

If you want to send a message to rivals then there is no better to do it than right in front of the Kremlin. I’m sure the opposition have heard Putin loud and clear on this one.

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-of-boris-nemtsov/714188/3 "2015-03-04T14:17:09Z")

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Gotta admire Putin’s gall in starting the investigation.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-of-boris-nemtsov/714188/4 "2015-03-04T14:33:03Z")

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> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> Gotta admire Putin’s gall in starting the investigation.

He needs to get OJ on the case.