In Moscow they said goodbye to Boris Nemtsov

Thousands of people came to the farewell ceremony in the Sakharov Center

From 10 a.m. a crowd of people who wanted to say goodbye to the dead politician did not run out. Under the ongoing clicks of cameras, people laid flowers next to the coffin. The hall of the Sakharov Center was hung with black and white photographs of Nemtsov. In the left corner opposite the entrance, the projector in the slide show demonstrated pictures of the opposition: in government offices, at rallies, among relatives and friends.

At the coffin stood the son of Nemtsov Anton, his mother Dina Aidman. One of the closest associates of Nemtsov Ilya Yashin hardly restrained his tears. He recalled the deceased as a friend and senior comrade: “I never saw him in despondency, did not see him in depression. He infected everyone with his vital energy. ”

The flow of people at the coffin did not stop. The first photos of the queue appeared on social networks - it stretched along the earthen rampart almost to the Kurskaya metro station. Bloggers quoted police officers who complained about the lack of barriers.

At the coffin, meanwhile, three Petersburgers who worked on the Yaroslavl election campaign of Nemtsov laid flowers on the Yaroslavl election campaign. (In 2013, he was elected to the regional Duma.) “I did not get used to the idea that Nemtsov was killed. I came to look at him for the last time, but I can’t come to terms with his death. I still do not believe, ”Polina Nemirovskaya, who was familiar with Nemtsov from that election, told the NT correspondent.

By the end of the first hour of the ceremony, the coffin is already littered with flowers. The head of the Moscow Department of Culture Sergei Kapkov, mayor of Yekaterinburg Evgeny Roizman came to the farewell ceremony. The word was taken by the poet Leo Rubinstein, who spoke about the personal qualities of Nemtsov. “He was endlessly charming, had many friends, quickly switched to“ you, ”Rubinstein listed. The head of Rusnano Anatoly Chubais said that Boris Nemtsov was under the press for many years, he was demanded to say that he was thinking about Gaidar and Chubais: “For 25 years I do not know a single case, when Borya would betray. I have never passed. ”

Many who came stood at the coffin with tears in their eyes. The widow of the First President of Russia Boris Yeltsin Naina Yeltsin with her daughter Tatyana and son -in -law Valentin Yumashev, former British Prime Minister John Major, EU Hermann Gref, Irina Khakamada, Nikita Belykh, Grigory Yavalovsky, Genry Reveznik, Platonik, came to honor Nemtsov's memory. Lebedev and Julia Navalny. Her wife of Alexei, who was serving 15 days for agitation to the “spring” march, which was failed due to the murder of Nemtsov, the judge did not let go of the panachid. The court will consider the complaint about this decision after the funeral, March 4.

The head of state at the mourning ceremony was represented by the President’s envoy in the State Duma Harry Minh. Deputy Prime Ministers Arkady Dvorkovich and Sergey Prikhodko, along with the press secretary of Prime Minister Natalya Timakova and the Minister of Open Government, Mikhail Abyzov, visited the government. There were also representatives of large business - Mikhail Prokhorov, Mikhail Friedman and Peter Aven.

The US Ambassador John Teffer came to the farewell ceremony, he brought condolences to the family of the murdered politician and everyone who knew him. “I speak on behalf of President Obama, Secretary of State Carrie and many Americans who knew and respected Boris Nemtsov,” he said.

At about 13:45, the entrance to the center of Sakharov was closed. People passed flowers from hand to hand to put them at the coffin. Katafalk drove up to the building, a coffin with the body of a politician was loaded into it. Under the applause and chanting of opposition slogans, Katafalk went to the Troekurovskoye cemetery.

Photo: TVRain.ru, Evgeny Feldman/"New Gazeta", RIA "Novosti"