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US seeks 'transparent, real' probe into Boris Nemtsov murder

Murdered Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Russia to carry out a "thorough, transparent, real investigation" into the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin.

Nemtsov was shot dead in Moscow on Friday, just two days before he was to have led a major opposition rally against the government.

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