Boris Nemtsov, the Russian opposition politician shot four times in the back and killed while walking across a Moscow bridge late on February 27, lived in a large apartment directly across the river from the iconic domes of St. Basil’s Cathedral. The last time I saw Nemtsov was in that apartment, nearly five years ago. I was reporting a lengthy article on “Putin’s oligarchs”—the men surrounding the president who had become the richest and most powerful businessmen in the country. Many, like Putin, had worked for the KGB.
We had a long talk—more than an hour and a half. Nemtsov’s political …read more
Source: Newsweek
