Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot dead on the streets of Moscow on Friday night. A look back at Nemtsov through the years, and the memorials that have appeared in the day since.
People gather at the site where Mr. Nemtsov was recently murdered. (Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters)
People wait on February 28, 2015 to place flowers at the spot, where Russian opposition leader Mr. Nemtsov was shot dead. (Alexander Utkin/AFP/Getty Images)
In this photo taken on Saturday, March 15, 2014, Mr. Nemtsov addresses demonstrators during a massive rally to oppose president Vladimir Putin's policies in Ukraine, in Moscow, Russia. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/Associated Press)
A woman lays lowers to the portraits of Boris Nemtsov as others hold a placard reading"Putin killed my friend" during a memorial ceremony on Independence Square in Kiev on February 28, 2015. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images)
Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov (R) passes by a government-owned car prior to an auction in the town of Lubertsy, just outside Moscow, June 20, 1997. (Dima Korotayev/Reuters)
People lay flowers in memory of Mr. Nemtsov at the monument of political prisoners 'Solovetsky Stone' in central St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. (Dmitry Lovetsky/Associated Press)
Russian President Boris Yeltsin (R) invites First Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov for talks February 5, 1998. (Itar-Tass/Reuters)