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US Senator McCain Saddened by Nemtsov Murder in Moscow

© Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankPolice and medics surround the body of Boris Nemtsov, a leading opposition figure and former deputy prime minister, who was shot and killed near the Kremlin, Moscow in the early hours of Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015
Police and medics surround the body of Boris Nemtsov, a leading opposition figure and former deputy prime minister, who was shot and killed near the Kremlin, Moscow in the early hours of Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 - Sputnik International
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US Senator John McCain was greatly saddened by the news of the Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov’s murder.

On the site of the killing of leading opposition figure and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov - Sputnik International
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Nemtsov’s Political Activity One of Motives Behind His Murder, Lawyer Says
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US Senator John McCain was disheartened to receive news of the Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov’s murder, according to the senator’s tweet.

“Very saddened,” McCain wrote on his Twitter account in response to news of Nemtsov’s death on Friday.

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.

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