article_snippet: the Kremlin has staunchly denied accusations that the Kremlin's targeting political opponents or had anything to do with the deaths.
article_snippet: Yet those expressions came in the Kremlin statements.
article_snippet: Wednesday was the first day Vladimir Putin spoke at length on the subject, remarks that were reported by state media outlets.
article_snippet: Referring to "the daring killing of Opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in the very heart of our capital city," Vladimir Putin said, "Russia should be made secure, at last, from the disgrace and tragedies of (this) kind."
article_snippet: Vladimir Putin added, according to the official Tass news agency, "The most serious attention should be paid to high-profile crimes, including those having political motives.
article_snippet: the official Tass news agency, citing Russia's Finance Ministry, said that investigators are looking for a car that belongs to a state enterprise that provides services to Russia's Finance Ministry.
article_snippet: Vladimir Putin didn't identify any person or group that might be directly responsible.
article_snippet: But Wednesday Vladimir Putin took the opportunity to lay blame generally at what Vladimir Putin called "color technologies," an apparent reference to using mass street protests and overseas funding to try to overthrow a government.
article_snippet: The actions of extremists are becoming more and more widespread," Vladimir Putin said.
article_snippet: We are running into attempts of using so-called color technologies, from organizing illegal street protests to open propaganda (expressing) hatred in social networks.
highlights_snippet: Vladimir Putin: Russia should be safe from "disgrace and tragedies" like Opposition leader Boris Nemtsov's killing .
  
highlights_snippet: Vladimir Putin criticizes "extremists" for use of "illegal street protests" and social media .