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2nd LD: Suspect confesses involvement in Nemtsov's murder

Xinhua, March 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

One of the five suspects related to the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov has pleaded guilty, a court in Moscow said Sunday.

According to Moscow's Basmanny District Court, Zaur Dadayev, who was detained Saturday, confessed his involvement in the murder and he will be held in custody until April 28, 2015.

Anna Fadeyeva, press secretary of the court, confirmed that apart from Anzor Gubashev and Dadayev, the other three suspects of the case have also appeared in the court. Among them, Shagid Gubashev is the younger brother of Anzor Gubashev, and the other two were only named as Eskerkhanov and Bakhayev.

Earlier in the day, the Russian Investigative Committee applied to the court for the arrest of the five suspects.

Nemtsov, former Russian deputy prime minister and an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot dead at about midnight on Feb. 27 near the Kremlin. Endi