[Reuters]Members of Russia’s opposition plan to commemorate the sixth anniversary of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov’s murder in central Moscow on Saturday amid a clampdown on protests over the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. But the opposition urged Muscovites to come to pay their respects to Nemtsov while observing social distancing and wearing medical masks. Moscow authorities turned down a request for them to hold a commemorative march due to the pandemic. Read More“This is a memorial event, not a rally or a march,” opposition politicians said. After his murder, opposition activists began guarding a makeshift memorial on the bridge when municipal authorities turned down a request to put up a plaque there in his honour.

Source: Standard Digital February 27, 2021 05:31 UTC