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		</div><p>More than 20,000 people have marched across Moscow city centre in memory of the slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov on the first anniversary of his killing.</p>
<p>Mr Nemtsov was shot dead late at night as he and a companion walked across a bridge overlooking the Kremlin.</p>
<p>The brutality so close to the centre of Russian power alarmed and angered supporters of the beleaguered opposition.</p>
<p>Mr Nemtsov, who had been a deputy prime minister during Boris Yeltsin&#8217;s presidency, was a charismatic figure and a vehement critic of president Vladimir Putin.</p>
<p>&#8220;He was the embodiment of freedom and courage, he was a model for me,&#8221; said marcher Kamala Igamberdiyeva, a 26-year-old accountant.</p>
<p>&#8220;We still have a chance if the opposition shows wisdom and unites.&#8221;</p>
<p>In Mr Putin&#8217;s decade-and-a-half in power, opposition groups have come under severe pressure, criticised by officials and state-controlled media as pawns of the West.<br />
Permission for rallies is frequently denied.</p>
<p>Many opposition supporters say that even if Mr Putin had no direct hand in Mr Nemtsov&#8217;s killing, he bears responsibility for encouraging a truculent authoritarianism.</p>
<p>&#8220;Nemtsov&#8217;s death was the result of the atmosphere of hatred in our country,&#8221; said 78-year-old demonstrator Pavel Movshovich.</p>
<p>City authorities denied march organisers permission to hold a procession to the bridge, but gave permission for another route in central Moscow on Saturday. Some demonstrators also visited the bridge.</p>
<p>Earlier, US ambassador John Tefft laid a wreath at the bridge, saying he came to express hope that &#8220;some of the dreams that Boris Nemtsov had will come true in Russia&#8221;.</p>
<p>Five suspects have been arrested in the killing, all of them Chechens. The suspected gunman served as an officer in the security forces of the Moscow-backed Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov.</p>
<p>The official probe has failed to identify those who ordered the killing, and Russian liberal opposition activists have criticised the Kremlin for the failure to track down the mastermind.</p>
<p>Earlier this week, opposition leader Ilya Yashin released a report accusing Mr Kadyrov of involvement in Mr Nemtsov&#8217;s killing, and demanded his resignation.<br />
Mr Kadyrov, whose term expires in early April, rejected the accusations. At the same time, he tried to secure his position by taking a posture of obedience.</p>
<p>&#8220;The nation&#8217;s leadership needs to find another person so that my name isn&#8217;t used against my people,&#8221; he said in televised remarks. &#8220;My time has passed.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Putin has relied on Mr Kadyrov to stabilise Chechnya after two separatist wars, making him effectively immune from federal controls.</p>
<p>Mr Kadyrov&#8217;s unparalleled privileges and defiant ways have earned him numerous enemies in Russia&#8217;s law enforcement agencies, whose leaders have pushed for his dismissal.</p>
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