Memorials to Sheremet Added to ‘Nemtsov Bridge’ in Moscow

The improvised memorial to the assassinated Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov on Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge (dubbed ‘Nemtsov Bridge’) in Moscow that was created in April 2015 is now also a memorial to journalist Pavel Sheremet, who was assassinated in Kyiv on July 20, 2016, Radio Svoboda Belarus reports.

Civil activists added the photo of Sheremet to the other items on the bridge. Boris Nemtsov and Pavel Sheremet were close friends.

Pavel Sheremet, one Ukrayinska Pravda’s leading journalists, died on the morning of July 20, 2016 after his car, which was owned by the Founding Editor of Ukrayinska Pravda Olena Prytula, exploded.

Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko named the professional activity of Sheremet as the main motive of the assassination.

Source: Ukrayinska Pravda