Moscow, Feb 27, 2026 (AFP) - Isolated Kremlin critics lament lost future at Nemtsov memorial

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2026-02-27

On a bridge next to the Kremlin on a drizzly Friday morning, a lone Russian police officer stood looking at the half-dozen bunches of flowers laying in memory of slain opposition figure Boris Nemtsov. The symbolism was almost too much. Four years into Moscow's full-scale offensive on Ukraine, which has seen President Vladimir Putin eradicate all forms of dissent and usher in strict military censorship laws that have silenced his critics, few Russ......

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