Bill Browder’s Statement on the Murder of Boris Nemtsov

February 28, 2015

Last night Rus­sia entered a new and dark phase in its slide toward total­i­tar­i­an dic­ta­tor­ship with the mur­der of Boris Nemtsov. Pre­vi­ous­ly, the Putin regime relied pri­mar­i­ly on impris­on­ment and exile to silence oppo­si­tion politi­cians.  Now, they have start­ed mur­der­ing them. I’m sure this won’t be the last.

Boris Nemtsov was one of the few peo­ple in Rus­sia who was­n’t afraid to stand up to the cor­rup­tion, ille­git­i­ma­cy and impuni­ty of the Putin regime and for that he paid with his life. I will always remem­ber how Boris went around the world call­ing for jus­tice for the mur­der of Sergei Mag­nit­sky and demand­ing West­ern sanc­tions against his killers. It is now our duty to do the same for Boris.

I have no con­fi­dence in any Russ­ian inves­ti­ga­tion into his death because the Putin regime proved its inca­pac­i­ty to do this with the cov­er up of the Mag­nit­sky murder.

I can only hope that Boris Nemtsov’s lega­cy will ulti­mate­ly bring about the demo­c­ra­t­ic change in Rus­sia he worked his whole life to achieve.

May Boris rest in peace.

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