article_snippet: opposition leader Boris Nemtsov'll kill you for that.' opposition leader Boris Nemtsovstudied physics at State University of Gorky and earned a PhD in Physics and Mathematics.
article_snippet: In the wake of the Chernobyl disaster, opposition leader Boris Nemtsov organised a protest movement in opposition leader Boris Nemtsov hometown, which prevented the construction of a new nuclear power plant in the region.
article_snippet: Mr Nemtsov first gained an international profile after being spotted by former British premier Margaret Thatcher as a future leader of Russia.
article_snippet: former British premier Margaret Thatcher praised Mr Nemtsov market reforms after visiting Nizhny Novgorod where as governor in the early 1990s
article_snippet: Mr Nemtsov led spearheaded reforms.
article_snippet: The father-of-four, 55, was Deputy Prime Minister of Russia from 1997 to 1998 during Boris Yeltsin presidency.
article_snippet: Mr Nemtsov was sentenced to 15 days in jail in January 2011 after being arrested at a New Year's Eve protest rally for 'disobedience towards police'.
article_snippet: the fallen politician founded a number of opposition movements after leaving the Russian parliament in 2003 and Mr Nemtsov had served as the co-chair of the opposition Republican Party of Russia - People's Freedom Party since 2012.
article_snippet: opposition leader Boris Nemtsov has written more than 60 academic publications about quantum physics, thermodynamics and acoustics and  designed n of antennas for space apparatuses.
article_snippet: AJC named opposition leader Boris Nemtsov as one of the most prominent Jews in Russia thanks to opposition leader Boris Nemtsov mother's heritage.
article_snippet: In opposition leader Boris Nemtsov 1997 memoir, The Provincial Man, opposition leader Boris Nemtsov revealed that opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was baptised Russian Orthodox in secret.
article_snippet: opposition leader Boris Nemtsov leaves behind opposition leader Boris Nemtsov wife Raisa Akhmetovna and four children.