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European Parliament seeks probe of Nemtsov's death
[ 12 March 2015 18:32 ]
Baku – APA. A European Parliament resolution Thursday called for an international investigation into the killing of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, APA reports quoting UPI.
In the strongly-worded resolution adopted at a plenary session in Strasbourg, France, European Parliament ministers called for an independent and international probe of the incident. It identified Russia as moving "contrary to a functioning democracy" and advised the Kremlin to stop "all pressure, repressive acts and intimidation" of opposition leaders and media. It referred to Nemtsov's death as the "most significant political murder in recent Russian history."