Officials in Prague have proposed changing the name of a city square in honour of an assassinated, well-known political critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Important political figure Boris Nemtsov, who was a fierce opponent of President Putin, was killed he was shot in the back several times in Moscow, Russia on February 27, 2015. Mr Nemstov had a career in politics in the late 1990s, serving as deputy prime minister of Russia in 1998.
The city square, which is currently named Pod Kaštany Náměstí, is in close vicinity to the Russian embassy, with the move being touted as a political jibe. Municipal leaders from the Czech capital are set to hold a ceremony to commemorate the fifth anniversary of his killing on February 27, 2020, while Prague Major Zdeněk Hřib welcomed the name change.
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