Steve Gutterman (@sgutterman.bsky.social)

That Time (Long Ago) Nemtsov Ran For Mayor Of Sochi Long after he was out of the Russian government and half a decade before he was shot dead steps from the Kremlin, Boris Nemtsov ran against the Kremlin's candidate for mayor of Sochi. A reporter who covered the contest remembers a race that tested whether the country would move closer to democracy under Dmitry Medvedev, who had taken Vladimir Putin's place as president the year before. https://www.rferl.org/a/that-long-ago-time-nemtsov-ran-for-mayor-of-sochi/30456423.html