(8 Mar 2015) A Russian court on Sunday charged two men in the killing of leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov and ordered three other suspects to remain in jail pending a decision on whether to file charges.
Russian news agencies said one of those charged has admitted involvement in the crime.
Judge Nataliya Mushnikova said that Zaur Dadaev made a statement confirming his guilt, according to reports by state news agencies Tass and RIA-Novosti, and the independent Interfax. They did not specify his alleged actions. Tass said Dadaev did not acknowledge guilt in his courtroom appearance, but only asked for a fair trial.
Dadaev is one of two suspects whose detention was announced Saturday in the first significant development of the investigation. The other, Anzor Gubashev, was also charged Sunday, but told the court he was not guilty.
Three other suspects, whose detention was made formally known only when they showed up in the court, were remanded to jail but there were no immediate charges. They include Gubashev's younger brother Shagid, along with Khamzad Bakhaev and Tamerlan Eskerkhanov.
The 55-year-old former deputy prime minister, who became an ardent critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot dead as he walked on a bridge near the Kremlin with a companion.
The shooting occurred a few hours after he had made a radio appearance denouncing Putin for "mad, aggressive" policies in Ukraine.
Nemtsov was working on a report detailing Russian involvement in the war between pro-Russia separatist rebels and Ukrainian forces, associates said.


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