Press Release, 2.03.2020

The Yabloko party participated in the actions in memory of Boris Nemtsov in many cities of Russia. Yabloko activists and supporters marched, picketed and rallied in Moscow St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Arkhangelsk, Barnaul, Veliky Novgorod, Vladivostok, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg, Ivanovo, Irkutsk, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Kostroma, Krasnodar, Murmansk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Oryol, Perm, Pskov, Rostov-on-Don, Saratov, Tambov, Tomsk, Ufa, Cheboksary, Chelyabinsk , Elista and Yaroslavl. Also members and supporters of Yabloko participated in the actions in memory of slain Russian politician abroad.

Politician and statesman Boris Nemtsov was shot dead on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge near the Kremlin in Moscow on February 27, 2015. Yabloko places political responsibility for the murder on President Vladimir Putin.

The Yabloko party annually takes part in the actions in memory of the murdered politician throughout the country. Often organisers of actions in memory of Boris Nemtsov face administrative pressure in the regions.

This year, the authorities decided to fire the spouse of Yevgeny Artemyev, organiser of the Boris Nemtsov March in Kemerovo and member of the Regional Council of the Kemerovo branch of Yabloko, from her job in a children’s clinic.

Moscow

St.Petersburg

Nizhny Novogorod

Barnaul

Vladivostok

Voronezh

Yekaterinburg

Ivanovo

Kazan

Kemerovo

Krasnodar

Novgorod

Novosibirsk

Omsk

Oryol

Penza

Perm

Pskov

Rostov-on-Don

Tomsk

Cheboksary

Chelyabinsk

Elista 

Philadelphia

Miami