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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.

-- Live stream

NOTE: Times are stated in local time in Moscow

08:02 3.3.2015

Strong editorial by The Guardian:

Amid the various narratives of “the truth” now being rehearsed by the Russian state, it is necessary to insist upon a reality; on Friday morning Mr Nemtsov was alive, but by the day’s end he was dead. Amid the mischievous misdirection of the Kremlin’s counter-measures, this is, quite simply, the truth.

07:47 3.3.2015

07:36 3.3.2015

Our Moscow correspondent Tom Balmforth, speaks to Ilya Vaitsman, 42, an engineer who traveled to the wake from Nizhny Novgorod.

"I've known him since [his days] in Nizhny Novgorod," he says. "I think things are going to get worse in the country without him."

Nemtsov served as governor of Nizhny Novgorod in the 1990s, before being promoted by then-President Boris Yeltsin to deputy prime minister.

07:26 3.3.2015

07:24 3.3.2015

"Massovka" is slang for a group of people paid to demonstrate. The tactic is frequently used by people friendly to the Kremlin.

07:16 3.3.2015

In the red jacket is Aleksey Venediktov, chief editor of the liberal Echo Moskvy radio station, and to his right is John Tefft, the U.S. Ambassador to Russia.

07:09 3.3.2015

07:01 3.3.2015

Our Russian Service is providing a live feed of Nemtsov's memorial.

06:52 3.3.2015

Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich spotted by Dozhd TV. He may be the highest-level member of the Russian government there.

06:46 3.3.2015

Reports of long lines for the memorial service, which is set to start in 15 minutes.

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