Press Release, 27.01.2025

Photo: A public memorial at the site of Boris Nemtsov’s death on the Moskvoretsky Bridge in Moscow / Photo by Vitaly Smolnikov, Kommersant

On 27 February, the tenth anniversary of the politician’s murder, the petition will be sent to the Moscow City Duma as the Moscow parliament is authorized to decide on the memorial. The petition was supported by Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of the party Grigory Yavlinsky and other party leaders.

Boris Nemtsov was killed on the Moskvoretsky Bridge, by the walls of the Kremlin, on 27 February, 2015. A makeshift memorial of flowers, candles, memorial texts and portraits of the politician brought by people spontaneously appeared at the site of the murder and has existed for ten years.

The petition’s initiators note that a memorial sign at the site of Nemtsov’s death will not only be a tribute to his memory, but also a symbol of the unbending will of all who continue to fight for the rights and freedoms of citizens in Russia.

The Commission on Monumental Art, created by the Moscow City Duma, is authorised to adopt a decision on the installation of a memorial sign. On 27 February, the tenth anniversary of Boris Nemtsov’s death, the petition’s authors intend to submit signatures for the creation of a memorial to Boris Nemtsov to the Moscow City Duma.

Yabloko calls on all Russian citizens to join the initiative. Among the signatories of the petition are human rights activist, co-chair of the Holocaust Scientific and Educational Center Alla Gerber, cartoonist Garry Bardin, political and public figures Andrei Nechayev, Boris Nadezhdin, Arkady Murashyov, Sergei Stankevich, Mikhail Schneider, Viktor Yaroshenko, and Georgy Satarov.