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![[u"FILE - In this file photo taken on Monday Nov. 22, 2004, Boris Nemtsov, a leader of the Russian Union of liberal party, right, listens to Petro Poroshenko, while Yulia Tymoshenko, left, looks on during a street protest in downtown Kiev Ukraine. Russia's Interior Ministry says Boris Nemtsov, a leading opposition figure and former deputy prime minister, has been shot and killed near the Kremlin. Nemtsov, a sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was killed early Saturday. His death comes just a day before a major opposition rally in Moscow. (AP Photo/Efrem lukatsky)", u'FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2004 file photo, Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic Russian opposition leader and sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Petro Poroshenko while Yulia Tymoshenko, left, looks on during a street protest in downtown Kiev Ukraine. Nemtsov was gunned down Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 near the Kremlin, just a day before a planned protest against the government. (AP Photo/Efrem lukatsky)']](https://twt-thumbs.washtimes.com/media/image/2015/02/28/Russia_Opposition_Leader_Killed.JPEG-03ed4_c0-196-2000-1361_s652x380.jpg?c0d0908814e7c6f64b51054d127fc378ecdb3938)
