DC officially renames street in front of Russian embassy after slain Putin critic

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

The Washington, D.C. city council officially renamed a street in front of the Russian embassy in honor of a slain critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.

Dozens of attendees gathered for an official ceremony Tuesday morning for the renaming of a portion of Wisconsin Avenue as "Boris Nemtsov Plaza," in honor of the top Putin critic who was murdered outside the Kremlin in 2015 after calling for rallies against Putin's government.

Big crowd gathered for unveiling of Boris Nemtsov plaza in honor of the slain Russian dissident. It’s right in front of the Russian embassy pic.twitter.com/uzSUfk6zc1
— Fenit Nirappil (@FenitN) February 27, 2018

The Kremlin has denied involvement in his murder, which occurred three years ago today in downtown Moscow just steps from the seat of Russia's government. The top Putin critic was shot by an unknown assailant just days before he planned to take part in a peace rally against Russia's involvement in Ukraine.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/375814-dc-officially-renames-street-in-front-of-russian-embassy-after

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[Leghorn21]

1. Bill Browder tweet, with video of Mr. Nemtsov:

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RESPECT

[doc03]

2. Putty Put won't like that nt

[SummerSnow]

3. Nope, Trump will try to change this

[malthaussen]

4. That's beautiful.

Fortunately, I wasn't drinking anything when I read that.

-- Mal

[MrScorpio]

5. Since The Kremlin didnt have a part to play in Nemtsovs death...

They won’t object to naming the street after him, right?