Russia Approves March Commemorating Opposition Leader

Russian authorities will permit opposition leaders to hold a march in Moscow Sunday in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was shot to death Friday after urging people to protest Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine. The march takes the place of a planned opposition rally. It was approved almost immediately by city officials, who have granted a permit for 50,000 people to gather and march in Nemtsov's memory. Nemtsov was walking across a bridge...

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