Boris Nemtsov

Biography

Boris Nemtsov was a Russian physicist and liberal politician who served as governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and Minister of Fuel and Energy under President Boris Yeltsin. He later became a prominent critic of Vladimir Putin's government, exposing widespread corruption and authoritarianism, and was an outspoken advocate for democratic reforms. Nemtsov was assassinated in 2015 while organizing a rally against the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.