U.S., Britain urge Russia to bring Nemtsov murder perpetrators to justice

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U.S., Britain urge Russia to bring Nemtsov murder perpetrators to justice

 

FILE PHOTO: Suspects of involvement in the killing of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov sit in the defendants' cage during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia March 1, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev/File Photo

 

LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Britain urged Russia on Friday to bring to justice all those responsible for the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.

 

A Russian court on Thursday convicted five men of murdering Nemtsov but allies of the politician have said the investigation was a cover-up and that the people who had ordered his killing remained at large.

 

"We call once more on the Russian Government to ensure that all involved in the killing of Boris Nemtsov, including anyone involved in organising or ordering the crime, are brought to justice," the U.S. State Department said in a statement, calling Nemtsov a "champion of democracy and human rights".

 

Britain said it wanted Russia to further investigate Nemtsov's murder.

 

"The Foreign and Commonwealth Office supports Boris Nemtsov’s family in their call for a fuller investigation into who ordered his murder," a spokesman for Britain's foreign ministry said.

 

"Responsibility for his murder goes further than those already convicted, and we call on the Russian government to bring the perpetrators to account."

 

Russia and Britain have repeatedly clashed publicly over Syria, Ukraine and the 2006 London murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.

Trump had frequently called during the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign for warmer ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite criticism from lawmakers in his own Republican Party.

 

Allegations that Russia interfered in the U.S. presidential election last year and colluded with Trump's campaign have overshadowed the businessman's unexpected victory and dogged his first five months in office.

 

Russia and the United States are also at odds over Ukraine, NATO expansion and the civil war in Syria where Moscow supports President Bashar al-Assad.

 

Trump and Putin are due to meet in Hamburg at the G20 summit next week.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-07-01

[retarius]

Why don;t the US and UK just butt out of other countrys' affairs. This endless meddling causes all sorts of problems and will lead to war. We already have war raging in Africa and ME with millions of lives lost and hundreds of millions lives blighted by war.....with nothing gained.

[sgracer]

1 hour ago, retarius said:

Why don;t the US and UK just butt out of other countrys' affairs. This endless meddling causes all sorts of problems and will lead to war. We already have war raging in Africa and ME with millions of lives lost and hundreds of millions lives blighted by war.....with nothing gained.

 

it's not in their nature?

 

both of those countries are an absolute menace with their interfering & misguided foreign policy.

[Caps]

Its got naff all to do with the UK and US.  Keep you nose out where it aint warranted (and I am a Brit)  

[Credo]

5 hours ago, retarius said:

Why don;t the US and UK just butt out of other countrys' affairs. This endless meddling causes all sorts of problems and will lead to war. We already have war raging in Africa and ME with millions of lives lost and hundreds of millions lives blighted by war.....with nothing gained.

Perhaps if Russia would like to quit meddling in such things as the US election, then that argument might have merit, until then it doesn't.

 

Unfortunately, these people higher up the food chain don't limit their murdering ways to those in Russia.   They have no problem in killing Russians who oppose the gov't and live overseas.