Russian court charges two men with opposition activist Nemtsov murder

A Moscow court has charged two men in connection with the murder of Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov. It said one of the men, Zaur Dadayev, had admitted involvement in the shooting on a bridge near the Kremlin on 27th February.

He and the other accused, Anzor Gubashev, are of Chechen origin. Three other suspects were remanded to custody. A sixth man is reported to have killed himself in a standoff with police in the Chechen capital Grozny. A security source told Interfax news agency that the suspect threw one grenade at the arresting officers and blew himself up with another.