The murder of Boris Nemtsov: the Right to be put behind bars?

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In the process the murder of the Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, the sentence has been announced. Five men behind bars. But Nemzows daughter and his companions to keep the case unsolved.

The defendants in the murder case of Russian opposition, Boris Nemtsov, have received long prison sentences. The death shooter, Saur Dadajew, was sentenced to 20 years in a prison camp. His four accomplices have between eleven and 19 years in prison. In addition, the court took the Condemned with fines of 100,000 rubles, the equivalent of just under 1500 euros.

The jury of the military court in Moscow had spoken of the five young men from the Russian Republic of Chechnya by the end of June, guilty of Nemtsov in Moscow, murdered. The former Vice-head of government under President Boris Yeltsin died when he was 27. February 2015 was shortly before midnight with a companion, walk in the center of Moscow on the road. The 55-Year-old was shot on a bridge within sight of the Kremlin at close range.

Nemtsov politician, was an experienced and influential in the extra-parliamentary Opposition. After the annexation of the Crimea in the spring of 2014, he was one of the harshest critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“The murder is politically motivated”

The daughter of the Murdered man considers the case to be unsolved. “Neither the Client, nor the motive have been identified,” said Zhanna Nemzowa of the DW. The customer should be according to the indictment, Ruslan Muchudinow, also a Chechen. Is wanted, and in a separate procedure, more determined. According to the indictment Muchudinow to have the perpetrators of 15 million Russian rubles for the murder promised.

Zhanna Nemzowa criticized the investigations and the court proceedings

Nemzows daughter believes that her father’s murder was politically motivated and accuses the investigating authority and the court, “to have this obvious fact” not recognized. After the assassination of her father Nemzowa has to leave for security reasons, Russia. She works as a journalist at DW.

The opposition politician and companion Nemzows, Ilya Yashin, there’s no stopping the murder for its security. The Principal had to walk. “I’m almost sure that in this case, the high-ranking employees of the secret services are involved,” said Yashin of the DW.

Ilya Yashin released in may 2015, a report Nemzows about Russia’s involvement in the Ukraine conflict

No Questioning Kadyrov’s

The controversial case ended up before a military court, because of the 35-year-old Saur Dadajew officer was of the so-called Internal troops of the interior Ministry. He served in the battalion “Sewer” (“Nord”) in Chechnya. This unit is stationed in the capital, Grozny, and is supposed to be Russian according to media reports, the leader of the Russian Republic in the North Caucasus, Ramzan Kadyrov, personally loyal. Also, the alleged Principal Muchudinow served in the battalion “Sewer”.

Zhanna Nemzowa had requested a hearing Kadyrov’s before the court. The Chechen leader said in an Interview that he was ready to testify as a witness. However, the court decided against his questioning. Nemzowa criticized this. After the guilty verdict, she was criticised on Facebook the investigation in focus.

Euro plant of Europe own investigation

Soon will also address the Council of Europe with the murder of Nemtsov. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe had announced to investigate the case, according to the official verdict, expected in the autumn. The special representative, in this case, Emanuelis Zingeris from Lithuania, told DW that it was a political contract murder. To the planned parliamentary hearings to invite leading legal experts, including from Russia.