INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Over a dozen Western ambassadors including United States envoy Lynne Tracy paid homage to Boris Nemtsov on Tuesday, nine years after the
killed on a Moscow bridge on Feb
27, 2015."Nemtsov's legacy continues to inspire Russians and people around the world to fight corruption and defend freedom of speech and
human rights," Tracy posted on X, formerly Twitter.The ninth anniversary of his murder comes shortly after another of Putin's top
opponents Alexei Navalny died in a Russian prison, prompting outrage at home and abroad.The EU delegation praised Nemtsov as a politician
"who valued human rights and freedom above all else and sharply condemned the annexation of Crimea."Diplomats brought flowers to the
to the spot under the watch of several police officers.A paper was left next to one of the portraits next to the Memorial."On this place
Boris Nemtsov was killed by shots in the back," it read.In 2017, a court found a former security force officer from Chechnya guilty
Four other men were found guilty of involvement in the killing.But the slain opposition politician's family and supporters insist the
authorities have failed to bring the masterminds to justice.
