The ‘Nemtsov operation’ as a manifestation of the oprichnina today

Between 6-9 March, Russian law enforcement agencies arrested five people suspected of organising and carrying out the murder of Boris Nemtsov. All the arrested come from the Caucasus (Chechens and Ingush), several of whom (including Zaur Dadayev, the alleged leader of the group) served until recently in the Chechen institutions of force under the control of the Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov.

Representatives of the Russian prosecutor’s office announced that the motive for the group, which allegedly acted on its own, was revenge for Nemtsov having insulted the religious feelings of Muslims (including in the context of the Charlie Hebdo case), which seems to be a very unlikely story.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background Information: The Nemtsov assassination: warning shots to the Kremlin’s opponents http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-nemtsov-assassination-warning-shots-to-the-kremlins-opponents/

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