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Live Blog: Nemtsov Memorial

Final Summary

-- 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.

-- Live stream

NOTE: Times are stated in local time in Moscow

15:10 1.3.2015

Photos from a march earlier today in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk.

15:07 1.3.2015

The lawyer for Nadia Savchenko says he has been asked to defend Honcharenko.

15:02 1.3.2015

London-based author Ben Judah responds to a tweet from the Russian Ambassador to the UK.

14:53 1.3.2015

"Very. Cool. Photo."

14:40 1.3.2015

A street sign pointing towards the Kremlin is covered with a homemade sign that says, "lawlessness."

14:37 1.3.2015

14:33 1.3.2015

From a demonstration in London.

Nadia Savchenko, jailed in Russia and charged in a mortar attack that killed two Russian journalists, has been on a hunger strike for 80 days. She was captured by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and taken across the border. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, of which Savchenko is a deputy, has called for her immediate release and has called the charges politically motivated.

14:28 1.3.2015

14:13 1.3.2015

The deputy was photographed at the scene of the deadly fire at the Odesa trade union building, which killed over 40 people -- largely supporters of pro-Russian separatists. There is no evidence that he was involved in the actions that started the fire.

In an interview, Honcharenko said he was one of the first to arrive after the carnage in Odesa. He took a picture with a body of one of the deceased because he wanted to demonstrate that "people put themselves at risk" when they attend demonstrations "with flags other governments and the government of the aggressor" they put themselves at risk.

13:59 1.3.2015

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