Russia’s democratic opposition faces increasing threats
Members of Russia’s democratic opposition will march through Moscow on Saturday in memory of Boris Nemtsov on the first anniversary of his assassination. Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and co-leader of the opposition party Parnas, was shot in the back on a bridge just steps from the Kremlin.
The tribute to Nemtsov comes amid escalating threats against his colleagues in the democratic movement. Over the past three weeks, Mikhail Kasyanov, a former prime minister and surviving chairman of Parnas, has received death threats, been assaulted in a Moscow restaurant and had his campaign for the Duma elections in September physically disrupted.… Seguir leyendo »