An unidentified assassin shot dead former deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov (right and inset), firing four times while he was walking with a woman across a bridge. He was shot in the back just metres from the Kremlin shortly after midnight local time. President Putin condemned the murder and said it may have been a contract killing, according to Russian news agencies. His spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the shooting could also be a 'provocation' as the opposition has planned a big protest in Moscow on Sunday. Nemtsov, 55, was the first deputy prime minister of the late President Boris Yeltsin during the 1990s. He had publicly expressed concerns for his life earlier this month and was outspoken in his opposition to Putin.
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