Boris Nemtsov

Zaur Dadayev has confessed involvement in the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, ITAR-TASS reported on Sunday.

According to Judge Natalya Mushnikova, Dadayev's involvement was "confirmed by his confession," the newswire said.

A Russian court on March 8 charged two men with the murder of opposition activist Boris Nemtsov, including an ex-police officer from Chechnya who confessed to his involvement in the brazen assassination.
      

Four men were in custody March 8 for the killing of Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov in a probe which has yet to reveal the motive for the brazen assassination in the centre of Moscow.
      

A man suspected of being linked to the assassination of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov has killed himself in Grozny, the capital of Russia's Chechen Republic, Interfax reported on Sunday.

The two men arrested over the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov could have carried it out, the Investigative Committee of Russia has said.

A statement [RU] on its website follows the official report that two Russian citizens from the Caucasus were arrested over their alleged involvement in what Russian authorities suggest might have been "a contract killing".

The current scene in Russia is quite chaotic and hectic. On the one hand, Moscow is dealing with the Ukraine crisis. On the other hand, it is shaken with the recent assassination of Boris Nemtsov, one of Russia?s prominent opposition leaders.

In order to understand what is going on in the country, I had an in-depth conversation with Russia?s Consul General to Istanbul, Alexey Erkhov.

Ukrainian model Anna Duritskaya, who was accompanying Russian oppositioner Boris Nemtsov when he was murdered, claims to have received death threats, prosecutors say.

Duritskaya, a key witness in a murder investigation against Nemtsov, lodged a claim with the country's chief prosecutor's office on Thursday, March 05 and is currently under police protection.

Opposition leader and prominent blogger Alexey Navalny has been released from his 15-day custody in Moscow, his press secretary says.

Navalny was sentenced to a fortnight of administrative detention over multiple actions promoting a demonstation.

Investigators of the assassination of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov are pursuing several lines of inquiry, including a contract killing, the head of the Russian Security Service Alexander Bortnikov has said.

Putin: Politician's murder was "politically motivated"

MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says he believes that the killing of opposition politician Boris Nemtsev last week was politically motivated.