article_snippet: Evgeniya Albats, editor-in-chief of The New Times magazine, described "Nemtsov in a speech as an amazing friend and a fearless politician.
article_snippet: Foreign dignitaries included U.S. ambassador to Russia John Tefft, who said "Nemtsov would be remembered as a Russian patriot, and former UK Prime Minister John Major.
article_snippet: Not everyone who hoped to attend Nemtsov's funeral has been able to do so.
article_snippet: Latvia's former foreign minister and European Parliament member Sandra Kalniete said Latvia's former foreign minister and European Parliament member Sandra Kalniete was denied entry to Russia on Monday night on spurious grounds.
article_snippet: Speaking to CNN by phone from Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport, Kalniete said Kalniete was finally told Kalniete was refused entry "according to Russia's code of law regarding the defense and security of the Russian state and the general health of the public.
article_snippet: Kalniete had intended to represent Latvia and the European People's Party -- the biggest parliamentary group in the European Parliament -- at Nemtsov's funeral, Kalniete said.
article_snippet: I just wanted to go to pay tribute to a political personality, Boris Nemtsov.
article_snippet: the European People's Party said it was the third time a member of the European Parliament had been stopped at the Russian border.
article_snippet: The event took place the same day Boris Nemtsov was supposed to lead a rally in Moscow decrying Russia's policies on Ukraine.