article_snippet: Putin today demanded an end to 'shameful' political assassinations in the wake of the shooting of a Kremlin critic last week.
article_snippet: Putin attends an Interior Ministry board meeting in Moscow, where Putin called for an end to the 'shame' of political killings which have plagued the Kremlic in recent years .
article_snippet: In a speech during a meeting with officials from Interior Ministry, Putin said: 'The most serious attention should be paid to high-profile crimes, including the ones with a political subtext. '
article_snippet: Russia should be devoid at last of the kind of shame and tragedies that we have recently endured and seen. '
article_snippet: Putin's comments indicated that version is now being discarded.
highlights_snippet: PM says Russia 'should be devoid of tragedies with a political subtext'
  Former deputy PM Nemtsov shot near Moscow's Red Square last week .
  