Marco Rubio
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio proposed a bill to rename the street, located in front of the Russian Embassy in Washington in honor of slain Russian politician Boris Nemtsov. This is stated in the statement published on the website of the Republican.
“Two years ago, Boris Nemtsov was killed in Moscow on a bridge near the Kremlin, nobody was brought to responsibility,” recalled Rubio.
According to the Senator, the creation of “Boris Nemtsov Plaza” will remind the Russian people that “the voices of the dissidents are still the defenders of liberty will not be silenced”.
Boris Nemtsov was shot dead on 27 February 2015, on the Big Moskvoretsky bridge in Moscow. He was shot with four bullets, he died on the spot. Currently in custody on charges of involvement in the assassination are five people people: Aur Dadaev, brothers Anzor and Shadid Gubareva, Temirlan Eskerkhanov and Khamzat.