Op 1 maart, de dag waarop Nemtsov zijn protestmars had willen leiden, trokken tienduizenden Russen de straat op met leuzen als “Nemtsov is liefde, Poetin is oorlog.”
On March 1, the day Nemtsov was to lead his protest, tens of thousands of Russians took to the streets with slogans like “Nemtsov is love, Putin is war."