The jury answered in the affirmative when asked whether the prosecution proved that Dadaev, together with the other defendants, committed a crime. 10 jurors voted for the decision on Dadaev's guilt, two against. At the same time, four (out of 12) jurors felt that he deserved leniency. All defendants were also found guilty of illegal possession of weapons. For this article, all of them ...
The Russian Foreign Ministry commented on the decision of the Washington authorities to name a vacant lot in front of the embassy of our country, where a shelter for the homeless may appear, in honor of the killed opposition leader. The proposal to name the square in Washington after Boris Nemtsov is a manipulation used by American politicians to wage a political struggle. About…
Two members of the US House of Representatives are calling for an investigation into the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead in February 2015. Ileana Ros-Leitinen, head of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, and Eliot Engel, a senior member of the Foreign Relations Committee, presented ...
Zhanna Nemtsova, the daughter of murdered opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, will receive the international award “The World’s Bravest Women 2016” in Washington on Tuesday. This year, the awards, which will be presented to the laureates by US Secretary of State John Kerry, in addition to Nemtsova, were awarded to activists from Bangladesh, Belize, Guatemala, Iraq,…
In 2015, we said goodbye to great actors, directors, writers, politicians and musicians. Soon we will celebrate the new year 2016. The Forum remembers those who left us this year. Actors and directors Rimma Markova, People's Artist of Russia, died on 15...
The European Parliament has awarded the annual Sakharov Prize to Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison and a thousand lashes on charges of insulting Islam. The President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz announced the name of the winner of the award, which is awarded for achievements in the field of ...
Kyiv authorities plan to rename one of the city streets in honor of the murdered Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. News about this appeared on the city administration website. “In a conversation with (the daughter of the murdered politician) Zhanna, Vitaliy Klitschko said that soon there would be one in Kyiv...
Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was posthumously awarded the American Liberty Award, awarded annually by the International Republican Institute in Washington. The prize for Nemtsov was received by his colleague, deputy chairman of the PARNAS party, Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. “As a political leader, Boris Nemtsov has always stood apart. He always said...
The daughter of Russian oppositionist Boris Nemtsov, who was killed in February, Zhanna, said that she would donate seven hundred thousand euros to charity and support of independent journalism in the Eastern Partnership countries. On Tuesday, Nemtsova received the Lech Walesa Solidarity Prize, which is awarded by the Polish government for outstanding...
The alleged accomplice in the murder of Boris Nemtsov, Anzor Gubashev, during interrogation by the police said that he helped organize the crime because of the politician's "anti-Russian and anti-Muslim" statements. As Kommersant managed to find out, Anzor Gubashev said that he had watched Nemtsov's actions for a long time and was outraged by his statements about Islam and Russia's actions in Ukraine. ...