Riddle over CCTV in 
Moscow murder

The investigation into the killing of Boris Nemtsov, a fierce critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin who was gunned down not far from the Kremlin, faces conflicting reports about possible surveillance footage of his killing.
By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Mar 2015, 17:39 BST

No suspects have been arrested since Mr Nemtsov was shot dead on Friday night on a Moscow bridge, a killing that came just hours after a radio interview in which he denounced Mr Putin’s “mad, aggressive policy” in Ukraine.

According to Russian investigators, Mr Nemtsov was walking near the Kremlin on his way home with a woman when he was shot four times by an assailant, who then escaped in a light-coloured car.

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It was not clear what CCTV footage may have captured his killing, even though the area is one of the most highly secure parts of the Russian capital.

The business daily newspaper Kommersant quoted anonymous sources in the interior ministry as saying there was no CCTV footage of his killing because the cameras in question were not working at the time.

However, Yelena Novikova, a spokeswoman for Moscow’s information technology department, which oversees surveillance cameras in the city, said that all cameras “belonging to the city” were operating correctly on the night of Mr Nemtsov’s death.

She said federal authorities also had surveillance cameras near the Kremlin that are not 
under her organisation’s 
control.

The failure to dig up CCTV footage in such a public place as central Moscow has deepened the frustration of those who supported opposition leader Mr Nemtsov.

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