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Funeral of Sergei Yushenkov
Colleagues of the deceased deputy promised to find the killers
Yesterday in Moscow, co-chairman of the Liberal Russia party, State Duma deputy Sergei Yushenkov, was buried. About four hundred people came to say goodbye to him at the civil funeral service, which began at 8.30 in the Moscow Youth Palace. Among them were friends, relatives, party colleagues, State Duma deputies who knew Sergei Yushenkov well, and ordinary people. A large number of mourning wreaths from well-known politicians, authorities and political parties were displayed at the coffin with the body of the late deputy. Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a telegram to Yushenkov's relatives with words of condolences.“The country has lost a major figure in the democratic movement. Yushenkov did a lot to ensure that Russia was a democratic country. Unfortunately, we cannot promise that we will find the masterminds and perpetrators of the crime, but we will continue his work, and we must do everything possible to find the killers,” said Yushenkov’s party colleague, co-chairman of Liberal Russia Viktor Pokhmelkin at a funeral meeting that took place next to the Youth Palace.
“His life was cut short by vile shots. These shots don't stop. Deputies and ordinary citizens are dying. Our duty to Yushenkov and to everyone is to find the mastermind behind the crime,” said State Duma Chairman Gennady Seleznev in turn.
The leader of the Union of Right Forces, Boris Nemtsov, also said: “We are obliged to do everything possible to ensure that this vile political terror is stopped.” “Kholodov, Starovoitova, Yushenkov - all these people fought for the freedom of Russia and were vilely killed. Yushenkov was an incorruptible and honest politician. It would seem that political terror is over, but this murder demonstrates that it is before our eyes,” Nemtsov emphasized.
After the meeting, the funeral procession headed to the Vagankovskoye cemetery, where Sergei Yushenkov was buried. According to the Deputy Speaker of the State Duma, Chairman of the commission for organizing the funeral, Artur Chilingarov, “this was the will of the family of the deceased.”