putin condemned the killing and offered the family his condolences. he also launched an investigation into the murder and said it bears all the hallmarks of a contract killing aimed at provoking unrest. ilya yashin is a friend and political ally of nemsov. he was first at the scene of the murder and strongly criticizes russia s government. i don t know who pulled the trigger or did the shooting but i strongly believe it s the government and vladimir putin responsible for it vladimir putin is responsible for creating the atmosphere of hatred in our country. they ve incited hatred for all dissidents and for boris nemtsov. nemtsov was set to take part in a rally criticizing russia s role in ukraine this sunday. instead there will be a march of mourning for one of russia s opposite voices brutally silenced forever. fred pleitgen cnn, moscow.
he has to fear the french the germans. the united states too. very interesting. we re taking a look just to let you know for our viewers live pictures of moscow where they are laying flowers and all kinds of memorial tributes at the site where boris nemstov was gunned down, a place high-profile area indeed with cameras and lots of police going on there. has narcoticings of a contract killing. we appreciate you sir for joining us. ambassador bill richardson. thank you for your insights. common sense legislation that would protect our democracy from the egregious example of executive overreach we saw in november. it actually in my view, deserves broad support. how many times can we narrowly avert catastrophe just so republicans can get a gold star from radical pun departments. this is really, really amateur the hour the nth degree. those were the politicians
person. they re searching for someone who apparently fled in a white car. i can tell you from moscow tonight that there are checkpoints here by the police where the white cars are actually being stopped quite a bit here in the city. so the russians are saying that they ve got this manhunt under way and vladimir putin came out and said he said that this bears all the hallmarks of a targeted contract killing which he believes is meant for a provocation job. targeted contract killing certainly does not sound random. fred nemtsov, not just an opposition leader. this man is a former deputy prime minister. a high level official in the russian government well known across the country and he was just assassinated essentially. reporter: absolutely. he wasn t only a high-level russian politician but someone who after he left active politics became an opposition figure and was very much a critic of vladimir putin. he s been jailed several times.
the opposition after vladimir putin came into power and was jailed several times for criticizing the government. vladimir putin condemned nemtsov s killing and offered the family his condolences. he also launched an investigation into the murder and said it bears all the hallmarks of a contract killing aimed at provoking unrest. a friend and political ally of nemtsov s was one of the first at the scone of the murder and scene of the murder and strongly criticizes russia s president. i don t know who pulled the trigger, he tells me but i strongly believe it s russia s government and vladimir putin who are responsible for it. vladimir putin is responsible for creating the atmosphere of hatred in our country. they ve incited hatred for all dissidents and for boris nemtsov. he was set to take part in an opposition rally criticizing russia s role in the ukraine conflict this sunday.
government of country, how bad putin. it s not clear who is behind the killing. but boris nemtsov had many enemies. he was russia s deputy prime minister in the late 90s, joined the opposition after vladamir putin came into power. and was jailed several times for criticizing the government. vladamir putin condemned nemtsov s killing and offered the family condolences. he also launched an investigation into the murder and said it bears all the hallmarks of a contract killing aimed at provoking unrest. a friend and political ally of nemtsov s, he was one of the first at the scene of the murder and strongly criticizes russia s president. translator: i don t know who ordered the shooting or pulled the trigger but i strongly believe it s russia s government and personally vladamir putin who are responsible for it. vladamir putin is responsible for creating the atmosphere of hatred in our country. they insighted hatred for