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Nemtsov was buried in the same cemetery as murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya in 2006
Thousands of Russians have bid farewell to murdered Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov as his funeral took place in the capital Moscow.
They queued patiently to view his coffin before it began its solemn journey to a city cemetery where he was laid to rest.
Several EU politicians and Russia’s opposition leader were barred from attending the funeral.
No arrests have been made and no motive has been established for the crime.
Nemtsov’s final resting place is at Troyekurovskoye Cemetery, where murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya was buried in 2006.
A fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, he was shot dead on a bridge near the Kremlin wall on Friday night.
New CCTV footage of the presumed getaway car has been released by a pro-Kremlin Russian news website, LifeNews. The video shows a vehicle making its way along Moscow streets but there is no close-up on the suspects inside.
Thousands turned out to bid farewell to Boris Nemtsov. They stood quietly, as a light snow fell, in a long queue that snaked around the park, up the hill and right on to Moscow’s Garden Ring road. They brought flowers and lit candles, and talked of a man who – as a politician – had been like a ‘bright light’ to them: honest, and a true democrat.
As a man, they remembered someone full of energy and jokes; handsome, too, and easygoing. As well as sorrow at his death, I found people were deeply sceptical that those who killed Boris Nemtsov would ever be found.
His open coffin lay in a small room, surrounded by photographs of a life in politics. Many of those who took turns at the microphone there believe he was killed for his critical views. They accused their leaders of stirring up hatred of dissenters and using the powerful state run media machine to paint them as traitors.
One man in the queue told me that for him, though, Boris Nemtsov was the real patriot. A man who just wanted Russia to live better.
BBC