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Highlights of Funeral March in Memory of Boris Nemtsov in Moscow

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A funeral march in memory of Russian politician Boris Nemtsov was held in the center of Moscow Sunday.

Nemtsov was killed in Moscow at 11:40 pm on Friday, Moscow time (20:40 GMT), after four shots were fired in his back while he was walking with a female companion cross the Zamoskvoretskiy bridge, according to the Russian Interior Ministry.

Thousands of people laid flowers and lit candles on Saturday on a bridge near his murder site.

Some 21,000 mourners attended the funeral march in honor of Nemtsov Sunday.

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