Is Nemtsov’s Murder a Replay of Kirov’s?
(Jack Matlock – jackmatlock.com – March 1, 2015) Jack Matlock is a career diplomat who served on the front lines of American diplomacy during the Cold War and was U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union...
View ArticleNemtsov: Kremlin-Watchers Find Eerie Parallel In An 80-Year-Old Murder
(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Daisy Sindelar – March 1, 2015) On December 1, 1934, a killing took place that would set the stage for one of the blackest chapters in Soviet history. The victim was Sergei Kirov,...
View ArticlePutin’s Russia between the Reichstag Fire and the Kirov Murder
(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, March 1, 2015) No one can disagree with Yuliya Latynina that with the murder of Boris Nemtsov, Russia has entered a new era, one in which the political...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: My friend charted the looting of a nation; his death is a warning...
[“My friend charted the looting of a nation; his death is a warning to all Russians” – The Sunday Times (UK) – Edward Lucas – March 1, 2015] Edward Lucas reflects upon the Moscow assassination of...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: Russia’s Army of Avengers: Masha Gessen on the Murder of Boris...
[“Russia’s Army of Avengers: Masha Gessen on the Murder of Boris Nemtsov” – Masha Gessen – New York Times – March 2, 2015] Masha Gessen covers the assassination in Moscow of Russia opposition figure...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: The Nemtsov Murder and the FSB
[“The Nemtsov Murder and the FSB” – Tom Rogan – The National Review – March 2, 2015] Tom Rogan, writing in The National Review, covers the assassination in Moscow of Russian opposition figure Boris...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: Boris Nemtsov: Liberal martyr: Russia’s rising political hatred...
[“Boris Nemtsov: Liberal martyr: Russia’s rising political hatred claims a victim: a scrupulously honest reformist leader” – The Economist – February 28, 2015] The Economist covers the assassination of...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: Boris Nemtsov murder: Putin now governs mostly through terror &...
[“Boris Nemtsov murder: Putin now governs mostly through terror and propaganda; Any plot against Boris Nemtsov would have been known by the Kremlin. Putin either killed him or tolerated his death.” –...
View ArticleEric Kraus: Reflections on the murder of Boris Nemtsov
Subject: Reflections on the murder of Boris Nemtsov. Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2015 From: Eric Kraus <krausmoscow@yahoo.com> Reflections on the murder of Boris Nemtsov. By Eric Kraus Eric became well...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: Putin’s Culture of Fear and Death: Boris Nemtsov threw his big...
[“Putin’s Culture of Fear and Death: Boris Nemtsov threw his big body, big voice and big heart into the uphill battle to keep democracy alive in Russia” – Garry Kasparov – Wall Street Journal – March...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: A March of Mourning for Boris Nemtsov
[“A March of Mourning for Boris Nemtsov” – Masha Lipman – The New Yorker – March 1, 2015] Masha Lipman covers the march of mourning following the assassination of Boris Nemtsov and reacts to his...
View ArticleOBITUARY: Nemtsov’s death and the opposition’s failure to change the regime
(Business New Europe – bne.eu – Ben Aris in Moscow – March 2, 2015) This is so depressing. First a proxy war that has expanded into the worst geopolitical showdown in 20 years. Then a crisis that has...
View ArticleInterfax: Nemtsov murder witness Durytska allowed to return to Ukraine, say...
(Interfax – March 3, 2015) Ukrainian citizen Anna Duritskaya, a key witness in the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, was not held in Russia against her will and, after leaving for...
View ArticleRIA Novosti: “Russian secret service cameras did not capture Nemtsov murder –...
(RIA Novosti – March 2, 2015) The Russian law-enforcement agency that provides personal protection to President Vladimir Putin and other top officials says its video cameras did not capture the killing...
View ArticleMoscow Times: “Analysts: Nemtsov Murder Won’t Consolidate Russian Opposition”
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber – March 3, 2015) Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov’s murder is unlikely to unite Russia’s scattered opposition factions, whose discordant...
View ArticleA Charlie Hebdo moment in Moscow?
Subject: A Charlie Hebdo moment in Moscow? Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 10:20:57 +0000 From: Antony Penaud <antonypenaud@yahoo.fr> Antony Penaud received his DPhil from the University of Oxford in 2000....
View ArticleForeign Russia Investors Warn Over Nemtsov Killing
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Howard Amos – March 3, 2015) Businessmen and investors said Monday that the killing of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov by the walls of the Kremlin last week will...
View ArticleInterfax: No “tightening of screws” after Nemtsov murder – Russian upper...
(Interfax – March 4, 2015) The murder of prominent opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was an attempt to destabilize and discredit Russia, but it will not lead to a clampdown on the opposition, Russian...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: Nemtsov’s Murder: Islamist Footprint?
The origins of the murder of Yaroslavl Oblast assembly deputy and Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov are still unclear and may be forever. We are, after all, talking about Russia. However, news...
View ArticleDecoding the Political Game Behind the Nemtsov Murder Arrests
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Ivan Nechepurenko – March 10, 2015) As the man suspected of having gunned down opposition leader Boris Nemtsov steps from the Kremlin allegedly confessed on Sunday,...
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