A manhunt for the attacker who shot and killed leading Russian opposition politician and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov is now underway.
The Interior Ministry said Nemtsov, 55, was shot four times in the back near St Basil's Cathedral in Red Square.
A police spokeswoman on the scene said he had been walking on a bridge over the Moskva River with a Ukrainian woman when a vehicle drove up and an unidentified assailant shot him dead.
Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the killing and took the investigation under presidential command. He said it could have been a contract killing and a "provocation" on the eve of a big opposition protest on Sunday.
Nemtsov was an outspoken critic of the government's inefficiency, corruption and policy on Ukraine.
The Interior Ministry said Nemtsov, 55, was shot four times in the back near St Basil's Cathedral in Red Square.
A police spokeswoman on the scene said he had been walking on a bridge over the Moskva River with a Ukrainian woman when a vehicle drove up and an unidentified assailant shot him dead.
Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the killing and took the investigation under presidential command. He said it could have been a contract killing and a "provocation" on the eve of a big opposition protest on Sunday.
Nemtsov was an outspoken critic of the government's inefficiency, corruption and policy on Ukraine.
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