it would have been had this been an opposition rally to protest any of the policies of vladimir putin and his government. this is a march of mourning and this is very much draped in patriotism. it s one as you can see with the russian flags that the people are carrying that wants to transcend politics, that wants to transcend the political battles that have been going on, the political battles between people like vladimir putin and boris nemtsov as people are united in being absolutely disgusted and saddened by what happened to boris nemtsov. one of the interesting things that this rally wants to show and i think is showing if you see the turnout, if you see also the whole makeup of the rally with all of those russian flags is that they re saying no matter which side of politics you re on in russia, boris nemtsov was a patriot and he is someone who is going to be remembered as a patriot no matter what was going
criticizing the government. vladmir putin condemned nemtsov s killing and offered the family his condoedances. he launched an investigation into the murder and said it bears all the haul marks of a contract killing, aimed at provoking unrest. this is a friend of nemtsov, he was one of the first at the scene of the murder and criticizes russia s president. i don t know who pulled intrigger, he tells me. but i strongly believe it s russia s government and vladmir putin who are responsible for it. vladmir putin is responsible for creating the atmosphere of hatred in our country. they ve incited hatred. nemtsov was said to take part in a opposition rally criticizing russia s role in the ukraine conflict this sunday. instead there will be a march of mourning for one of russia s
chief political rival. boris nemtsov was shot while walking just outside the kremlin. his death comes one day before he was scheduled to lead an opposition rally in that city. president obama condemning his murder and calling on the russian government to conduct an impartial and transparent investigation. the rival served as the deputy prime minister before becoming one of putin s most outspoken critics. a major delay in the fight against isis now raising serious questions about our approach to defeating that terror army. the daily beast reporting that the operation to take back that critical iraqi city of mosul is being pushed back to next fall or possibly beyond. but have no fear, the state department says it is making progress in the fight. they re touting a twitter offensive that they say is shutting down thousands of isis
dissidents and boris nemtsov. nemtsov was to take part in an opposition rally criticizing russia s role in the ukraine conflict this sunday. instead there will now be a march of mourning for one of russia s most eloquent opposition voices brutally silenced forever. the question moving forward is going to be will the opposition here in this country be galvanized by what happened or will it be intimidated. we ll see a lot of that tomorrow. there is set to be a march of mourning for boris nemtsov, meanwhile, the investigators are saying that they are also trying to gather more information, they say they are questioning witnesses and also say that right now they believe that the gun that was used in all of this was a pistol. appreciate it. thank you. let s bring in law enforcement analyst and former fbi assistant director tom fuentes. president obama is calling for, and this is a quote, russia to
another russian disfigured and nearly killed boy a toxic dose of nioxin. i m not saying official russian bodies had anything to do with it but it s mighty suspicious. i don t think you node to be a conspiracy theorist to say whoever did this very much wanted everyone to know whodunnit. everybody is men to understand. everybody not everything in this country. reporter: right. a large opposition rally planned for the weekend was canceled after news of nemtsov s death. now a mourning march is expected to take place sunday in downtown mouk instead. moscow instead. a new report opened the conflict in ukraine. this isn t about guns. it s about gas. russia threat tones cut off natural gas shipments to ukraine if it doesn t get sufficient payment by the end of the week. the company has received $15