On the day of the assassination of politician Boris Nemtsov, for the seventh year in a row, a rally in his memory is held on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge in Moscow and other cities of Russia. According to the estimates of the Mediazona correspondent, about 20 people stood at the memorial in the capital at noon, and the same number laid flowers.
Frames have been installed on the bridge, you can enter it only from the side of Varvarka Street, and exit — towards Tretyakovskiy Proyezd. The police ask the audience not to crowd and promise «just not to detain» because «it is not ordered,» the correspondent reports.
Later, the Avtozak LIVE telegram channel reported the arrest of a woman with a No to War bag.
In Moscow, an action in memory of Boris Nemtsov
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One person was detained at a rally in St. Petersburg, a Mediazona correspondent reports. There are frames near the Solovetsky stone.
Action in memory of Nemtsov in St. Petersburg
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As It's My City notes, a memorial action was also held on Labor Square in Yekaterinburg. Three people were detained there, including human rights activist Anatoly Svechnikov and 81-year-old Galina Bastrygina.
How Boris Nemtsov was killed. A complete chronology of calls and movements, communication with Kadyrov's associates and new members of the group
Boris Nemtsov was shot dead on the evening of February 27, 2015. Five people were convicted in the murder case. Ruslan Mukhutdinov, whom the investigation calls the organizer of the crime, is wanted.
Scanner Project, together with Mediazona, found out that the Investigative Committee ignored important witnesses and likely accomplices in the crime — some of them are connected with State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov, close associate to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.
Updated at 13:36 and 14:20. Added information about the action in St. Petersburg, in connection with which the title of the news was changed. Later, information about one detainee in St. Petersburg and Moscow was added.