Cops block off central Moscow boulevards in advance of memorial march for Boris Nemtsov, opposition leader gunned down outside Kremlin 5 years ago. 
Muscovites line up at security checkpoint to take part in protest march.
As protesters stream past him, man holds sign saying, “thank you for coming.”
A Ukrainian flag flies at memorial march through downtown Moscow. Boris Nemtsov was a vocal critic of the war with Ukraine.
Dissidents young and old pack Moscow’s boulevards to remember murdered opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.
Seeing @NPR logo on my microphone, one Moscow protester says: “Thanks for Tiny Desk Concerts.” Another: “I used to listen to @Lucian_Kim’s reports when I lived in Texas.”
Me: “Great, now you can talk to him.”
Me: “Great, now you can talk to him.”
“Russia! Stop being the aggressor!” says this man’s sign.
Chanting “Russia without Putin,” thousands march through Moscow in largest opposition rally since summer protests.
The Moscow protest attracts a motley assemblage of liberals, anarchists, feminists, LGBT activists, leftists, nationalists—everyone who opposes the Putin status quo.
The heavy police presence in Moscow is in inverse proportion to the light coverage of the protest by state media.
“Boris! We remember and won’t forgive.”
