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Live Blog: Nemtsov Memorial

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-- Thousands turned out today for a public memorial ceremony for opposition leader Boris Nemtsov at the Andrei Sakharov rights center. Family and friends attended his burial service.

-- At least two foreign representatives were prevented from attending Nemtsov's funeral. Bogdan Borusewicz, the Polish senate speaker, was denied a visa and a Latvian MEP, Sandra Kalniete, was refused entry upon landing in Moscow.

-- Russian President Vladimir Putin did not attend the funeral of the former deputy prime minister. Instead, he sent his representative in parliament, Garry Minkh.

-- Anna Durytska, who was with Nemtsov when he was shot, was allowed to return to her home in Ukraine. She says she didn't see who killed Nemtsov.

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NOTE: Times are stated in local time in Moscow

12:00 28.2.2015

Nemtsov is being mourned in Kyiv, too. One of Russia's most urgent priorities, he suggested in an interview this past month with our Russian Service, was ending what he described as Russia's direct participation in the "war" in Ukraine. The antiwar message was one of the main rallying cries ahead of the planned march on Sunday.

11:58 28.2.2015

11:57 28.2.2015

From our newsroom, summing up some of the reaction in Russia and abroad:

Inside And Outside Russia, Condemnation Of Nemtsov Slaying

11:40 28.2.2015

Our Russian Service correspondents spoke to Muscovites who went to the scene in the hours after the killing to lay flowers and remember Nemtsov. Here's an English version of some of those interviews:

Muscovites React To Nemtsov Killing
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11:38 28.2.2015

It appears that mourners will begin gathering at Kitai-Gorod at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, with the memorial march itself to begin an hour later, at 3:00 p.m.

11:28 28.2.2015

Konstantin Merslikin, an official in Nemtsov's political party, says it is "99-percent sure" that Nemtsov's funeral will be held on March 3 at Moscow's Troyekurovsk Cemetery.

11:28 28.2.2015

From our newsroom. We're trying to confirm the time, since that appears to be an hour earlier than previously reported.

The Moscow mayor's office granted permission to hold a march from Kitai Gorod to the Moscow City center on March 1.

Aleksei Mayorov, the head of the department for regional safety at the Moscow mayor's office, said the event would start at 2:00 p.m. local time and that permission was granted for up to 50,000 to take part.

11:27 28.2.2015

More confirmation, via AFP, that Moscow authorities will permit a march in memory of Nemtsov.

11:24 28.2.2015

An image of Tefft speaking to reporters during that visit to lay flowers at the crime scene:

11:23 28.2.2015

LATEST: U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Tefft has laid flowers today at the scene of the Nemtsov killing, Russian and other media report.

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