A sea of mourning Muscovites marched silently through
downtown Moscow on Sunday in honor of Boris Nemtsov, one of President
Vladimir Putin’s most virulent critics, who was gunned down steps from
the Kremlin on Friday night.
Black ribbons were pinned to the tricolor Russian flags many among the thousands of mourners waved as they filed onto Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge, where Nemtsov took his final steps. The crowd brandished an array of photographs of the handsome politician, who had been a household name in Russia since the 1990s. “Heroes do not die,” read their signs.
Read more: Thousands March in Honor of Slain Opposition Activist Nemtsov (Video) | News | The Moscow Times
Black ribbons were pinned to the tricolor Russian flags many among the thousands of mourners waved as they filed onto Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge, where Nemtsov took his final steps. The crowd brandished an array of photographs of the handsome politician, who had been a household name in Russia since the 1990s. “Heroes do not die,” read their signs.
Read more: Thousands March in Honor of Slain Opposition Activist Nemtsov (Video) | News | The Moscow Times
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