Press Release: Murder of Boris Nemtsov: MEPs call for independent international investigation

Members of the European Parliament voted a resolution on 12 March 2015 calling for an independent international investigation on the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.

The added that it was the 'most significant political murder in recent Russian history', warning that Kremlin propaganda was turning Russia into a 'state of repression, hate speech and fear'.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Russia opposition leader Boris Nemtsov dies of multiple bullet wounds http://www.europeansources.info/record/russia-opposition-leader-boris-nemtsov-dies-of-multiple-bullet-wounds/

EurActiv, 12.03.15: MEPs call for international investigation of Nemtsov’s murder http://www.euractiv.com/sections/europes-east/meps-call-international-investigation-nemtsovs-murder-312854

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