Kara-Murza and Žantovský: On the Life and Death of Boris Nemtsov

Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov was a Russian liberal politician and critic of President Vladimir Putin’s regime. He was deputy prime minister of the country in 1997–1998, during Boris Yeltsin’s presidency. In February 2015 Nemtsov was shot dead in Moscow. Following a screening of the documentary film “Nemtsov” (in Russian with English subtitles, 66 min.), the journalist and politician Vladimir Kara-Murza and Michael Žantovský, director of the Václav Havel Library, will discuss the current situation in Russia.