DieHardBrownsFan Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 EUROPE Boris Nemtsov, leading Putin critic, shot and killed in Moscow Published February 27, 2015FoxNews.com Facebook0 Twitter0 livefyre110 Email Print March 15, 2014: Boris Nemtsov, a former Russian deputy prime minister and opposition leader, addresses demonstrators during a massive rally in Moscow to oppose president Vladimir Putin's policies in Ukraine. (AP) A top political nemesis of Vladimir Putin was shot and killed early Saturday in central Moscow, Russian police said, one day before an opposition rally was scheduled to take place. Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister, was shot four times from a passing car as he was walking on a bridge just outside the Kremlin. The Kremlin said that Putin will personally oversee the investigation. The shooting potentially could create a political crisis in Russia, regardless of the motive or who was behind the shooting. A sharp critic of Putin, Nemtsov assailed the government's inefficiency, rampant corruption and the Kremlin's policy on Ukraine, which has strained Russia-West ties to a degree unseen since Cold War times. The Washington Post reported that Nemtsov had angered Putin's government two years ago when he charged that billions of dollars had been stolen from funds designated for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, his hometown. He served as a deputy prime minister in the 1990s, and once was seen as a possible successor to Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first elected president. Fox News' Jonathan Wachtel and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicopee John Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 >>The Kremlin said that Putin will personally oversee the investigation.>> LOLOLOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 "He tripped and fell on four bullets. Nothing else to see." - Putin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicopee John Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 "He tripped and fell on four bullets. Nothing else to see." - Putin And with an 86% approval rating, the masses will sing, "Hail to the Chief" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Putin wants to be a dangerous world power again, and the rest want more free stuff from other countries. The Russians want to create a land bridge to isolate the Ukraine, to starve/freeze them into submission. Marxists/communists use economics as a weapon of choice. They use force when they need to - it's more expensive, but the ends justify the means. Putin is Stalin "light"... so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLD Woody Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 I thought we like Putin's attitude as a leader? Unlike our weanie, liberal Obama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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