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Five Chechen men were just convicted of killing a Putin critic. Here’s what’s really going on

By Tom Rogan
Published June 29, 2017 4:42pm ET
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Five Chechen men were just convicted of killing a Putin critic. Here’s what’s really going on
This isn't the work of a few thugs. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin) | Denis Tyrin

On Thursday, five Chechen men were found guilty for the February 2015 murder of Boris Nemtsov.

Nemtsov, a Russian political activist and noted critic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down as he walked along a Moscow bridge.

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