Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead in Moscow.

      A leading Russian opposition politician, former deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, has been shot dead in Moscow.

      An unknown attacker shot Boris Nemtsov four times in central Moscow on February 27, as Interfax news agency reports.

      He was shot near the Kremlin while walking with a woman, according to website Meduza.

      Several people had got out of a car and shot him, it added.

      Nemtsov’s fellow Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin said on Twitter that Nemtsov was shot and is “dead.”