Boris nemtsov murder five chechens handed prison sentences

On July 13, 2017, a Moscow court handed prison sentences to five Chechen men accused of murdering Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. The five men were found guilty of the murder and were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 11 to 20 years.

The murder of Boris Nemtsov, a prominent Russian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister, took place on February 27, 2015, in Moscow. Nemtsov was shot and killed while walking home with his girlfriend, Anna Duritskaya, in the early hours of the morning. The murder was widely condemned by human rights groups and opposition politicians in Russia.

The investigation into the murder was led by the Russian authorities, and the five men accused of the crime were all from the North Caucasus region of Chechnya. The men were identified as Zaur Dadaev, Shagid Khasiev, Temirlan Eskerkhanov, Anzor Gubashev, and Khamzat Bakhaev.

The trial was widely criticized by human rights groups, who accused the Russian authorities of not conducting a thorough investigation and of using the trial as a way to silence opposition voices. Many of Nemtsov's supporters and family members also questioned the fairness of the trial and the guilt of the accused men.

Despite these criticisms, the court found the five men guilty of the murder and sentenced them to prison terms ranging from 11 to 20 years. The sentences were seen as a compromise between the prosecution's demands for longer sentences and the defense's claims that the men were not guilty.

The murder of Boris Nemtsov remains a highly controversial and sensitive issue in Russia, and the trial and sentencing of the five men accused of the crime have been seen as a way to try to bring closure to the case. However, many questions remain unanswered, and the case has been criticized for its lack of transparency and fairness.