United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the killing of Russia's deputy prime minister turned opposition leader Boris Nemtsov and called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
Ban's spokesperson said the Secretary-General noted that an investigation into the murder had been announced by Russian authorities and that the UN chief expected the perpetrators to be brought to justice "swiftly".
The UN chief wished to express his deepest condolences to Nemtsov's family, friends and supporters, the spokesperson said in a statement yesterday.
An unidentified attacker in a car shot Nemtsov four times in the back as he crossed a bridge in view of the Kremlin in Moscow on Friday. He died hours after appealing for support for a march scheduled for today in Moscow against the war in Ukraine.
