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Thousands of people gather in Moscow for a march in memory of murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov. Vanessa Johnston reports.
Thousands of Russians marched through Moscow to honor slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov on Saturday, the first anniversary of his death. Nathan Frandino reports.
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny loses his legal appeal against a nine-year prison sentence that he and his allies condemned as politically motivated. His sentencing comes as Moscow pushes on with its military offensive in neighbouring Ukraine and Russian authorities seek to silence remaining government critics. IMAGES
Moscow (Russia),Feb 27 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Sergey Illnitsky) Russia is commemorating the sixth anniversary of the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.Five Chechen men were found guilty of carrying out the assassination of Nemtsov, although authorities say the person or entity that ordered the hit remains unknown. FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE LAYING FLOWERS WHERE NEMSTOV WAS KILLED.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands inside a glass cell during a court hearing in Moscow. The court granted a prosecutors' request for Navalny to serve prison time for violating the terms of his parole. Judge Natalya Repnikova ordered a suspended three-and-a-half-year sentence Navalny received in 2014 to be changed to time in a penal colony. IMAGES
Russian police are present at a Moscow apartment of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. A key Navalny aid reported that the apartment was being searched on grounds of violating sanitary and epidemiological measures, along with a second Moscow apartment owned by Navalny's wife Yulia and the Moscow office of his Anti-Corruption Foundation. IMAGES