Boris Nemtsov
Russian scientist, statesman and liberal politician (1959–2015) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov (Russian: Бори́с Ефи́мович Немцо́в Russian pronunciation: [bɐˈrʲis jɪˈfʲiməvʲɪtɕ nʲɪmˈt͡sof]; 9 October 1959 – 27 February 2015) was a Russian scientist, statesman and liberal politician. He had a successful political career during the 1990s under President Boris Yeltsin. He had been an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin in 2000 until he was murdered on February 27, 2015 at age 55.
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Life
Nemtsov studied physics, and held the equivalent of a Phd in physics and mathematics, from the university of Nizhny Novgorod, which was called Gorki at the time.
Death
On February 27, 2015, Nemtsov was shot and killed by the loyalist of Vladimir Putin, on a bridge near the Kremlin and Red Square in Moscow. He was 55 years old. At the time of his death, it appealed to the public to support a march against Russia's war in Ukraine. His girlfriend was the sole eyewitness of the attack but she was unharmed. [2]
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