Established a prize Boris Nemtsov

The Boris Nemtsov Foundation for freedom announced the establishment of the annual prize of Boris Nemtsov for defending democratic values ​​in Russia.

“We annually reward one person for exceptional courage in the struggle for democratic values ​​and human rights and for free Russia. The prize can be awarded to public figures, journalists, cultural figures, ”the fund said in a message on the fund's website .

Visitors to the site can offer their own candidacy, the decision on the award is made by the fund of the fund.

It is supposed to be awarded on June 12, on the day of Russia. The monetary equivalent of the award is 10 thousand euros.

The “Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom” was founded in November 2015 in Germany by his eldest daughter Zhanna Nemtsova in order to maintain a memory of his activity and disseminate the ideas of education and freedom.

The fund of the Fund includes the head of the Moscow Bureau of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, a specialist in the field of political strategy and communications, Julius von Frytag-Loringhoven, political, state and public figures of Emanuelis Zingeris, Sabina Loithoyser-Shnarrenberger, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Alfred Koch and Vladimir Kara-Murza-Murza-Murza-Murza-Murza-Murza-Murza-Murza-Murza-Murza. Political scientist, former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFol.