Among the people I follow, the reaction to Boris Nemtsov’s murder a short distance from the Kremlin is surprisingly uniform:
Russian President Vladimir Putin probably didn’t order the murder, but the circumstances he has set up, the animosity toward anyone who doesn’t back his war in Ukraine 100%, made it easy for someone to do it. The investigation that Putin has said he’ll take charge of will not be definitive in finding a killer; someone may be named, but the blame goes beyond that person.
The Guardian – Natalya Antonova (Photo is from here)
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – Brian Whitmore
Kirill Martynov via Paul Goble
Here is video that shows something quite different from the way the murder has been reported. It seems to be a truck, reported in some places as a snowplow, that brings the gunman to the scene.
Jamie Kenney looks at what might be indicated by various ways of placing blame.
Update: Views from three Russian bloggers.
I hope to have a post tomorrow on historical context.
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