Putin admits need to finalize Nemtsov murder case

The customers of the murder of the politician, Boris Nemtsov, have been found, but the case should be "given another brush," Russian President, Vladimir Putin, believes.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in July, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) communicated the complaint lodged by Zhanna Nemtsova, a daughter of the assassinated politician, about the way her father's murder had been investigated in Russia. The ECtHR invited the parties – Zhanna Nemtsova and the Russian Government – to answer, in particular, about whether the investigation was efficient, and whether Zhanna's right to defence was observed. Five years after the murder, Vadim Prokhorov, the advocate of the Nemtsov family, stated that no investigation was actually being conducted. In November 2020, the authors of the joint journalistic investigation of Mediazona and the Scanner Project stated that investigators had ignored the links of those convicted of Boris Nemtsov's murder with the people close to Chechen leadership.

In Nemtsov's murder case, "on the whole, everything is clear; the executors have been found, and the customers, too," the Kremlin website quotes Vladimir Putin's words from the transcript of the closed meeting with human rights activists, which took place on December 12. Nevertheless, the head of state noted that the case "needs to be finalized."

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on December 11, 2020 at 09:18 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.