article_snippet: Opponents of Vladimir Putin last night feared a new wave of political assassinations after a series of chilling death threats were issued to friends of murdered politician Boris Nemtsov.
article_snippet: ‘death list’ compiled by Chechen hitmen loyal to Vladimir Putin, another in murdered politician
article_snippet: Friends of the murdered opposition leader Boris Nemtsov (right) are in fear for Friends of the murdered opposition leader Boris Nemtsov (right) lives, after rumours of a 'hit list'
article_snippet: Meanwhile, another friend of Nemtsov revealed just how rattled Khodorkovsky became after receiving a death threat last summer, following a post on Khodorkovsky blog about Chechens fighting alongside pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine.
highlights_snippet: Opponents in fear of a wave of political assassinations after death threats .
  
highlights_snippet: Rumours of a 'hit list' in wake of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov's murder .
  