Russia Hands-Out Jail Terms For The Killers Of Putin Critic Boris Nemtsov

VOA: Nemtsov Killer Sentenced to 20 Years in Jail

The man convicted of killing Kremlin critic and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov in 2015 was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Russian court Thursday.

Shooter Saur Dadayev was given 20 years and four accomplices were given between 11 and 19 years, judge Yury Zhitnikov told the packed courtroom.

Prosecutors had initially asked for longer sentences for all of the defendants, including a life sentence for Dadayev.

In June the jury ruled by majority against brothers Shagid and Anzor Gubashev, Ramzan Bakhayev, Tamerlan Eskerkhanov and Zaur Dadayev, who was found guilty of shooting Nemtsov six times in the back. Dadayev initially confessed to the crime, but later recanted, saying he was tortured into the confession.

All five men were ethnic Chechens from Russia's volatile North Caucasus.

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off light .... and there is a lot of truth to this .... Nemtsov Killers' Sentencing Brings Little Closure (David Kharebov and Lena Smirnova, Moscow Times).

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