an ally of the russian opposition leader who was gunned down in moscow has branded a theory that he was killed by a devout muslim because he defended charlie hebdo's cartoons of the prophet mohammed as 'absurd' it emerged earlier today that police in russia investigating the death of boris nemtsov were looking at theories that he was killed over his support for the french magazine, which published the controversial images chechen leader ramzan kadyrov had said that zaur dadayev, one of the five suspects detained over the killing of nemtsov was a 'deep believer' and was not happy by mr nemstov's supporting the magazine scroll down for video  zaur dadayev, who has been charged with involvement in the murder of russian opposition leader boris nemtsov inside a defendant's cage inside a moscow court building  it has been claimed that dadayev, pictured, is a devout muslim, who was angry about the cartoons of the prophet mohammed in the french magazine charlie hebdo  the claims were made by chechen leader ramzan kadyrov, pictured dadayev is a former member of the police in chechnya  however, ilya yashin, who co founded the opposition movement solidarnost has now dimissed the theory, saying it was 'politically motivated' he said: 'the official version of the inquiry is more than absurd in my opinion it is the result of a political order from the kremlin he also added how mr nemtsov had 'never negatively spoken about islam' and had merely criticised the islamist extremists who gunned down 12 people at the offices of charlie hebdo in paris in january mr yashin's comments come after chechen leader mr kadyrov wrote on his instagram account: 'all who know zaur (dadayev) confirm that he is a deep believer and also that he, like all muslim, was shocked by the activities of charlie and comments in support of printing the cartoons' he also confirmed that dadayev had also been a member of the police in chechnya and had been decorated for bravery mr kadyrov is considered by many as one of russian president vladimir putin's most loyal henchmen in the caucasus region he was installed by putin as leader of chechnya and has spoke of his support for russian rebels in eastern ukraine mr nemtsov, 55, was shot four times in the back while walking along a bridge in full view of the kremlin with his model girlfriend anna duritskaya, 23 three suspects detained over the killing of mr nemtsov sit covering their faces in a defendant's cage at a court in moscow yesterday  all of the men were escorted from a bus to basmanny district court, in moscow, with their hands bound and masked men standing either side  an armed guard escorts one of the five suspects in the killing of mr nemstov into a court in moscow yesterday  he had been a critic of current russian president vladimir putin and considered a liberal yesterday, it was alleged dadayev made a statement confirming his guilt as he and four other men appeared in court over the assassination all of the men were escorted from a bus to basmanny district court, in moscow, with their hands bound in front of them and masked men standing either side once inside they continued to be flanked by armed guards and were forced to speak from a defendant's cage the court heard that dadayev, 33, served for around ten years in the 'sever' battalion, which is part of the interior ministry of chechnya his sister confirmed that he had won medals for bravery and courage judge mushnikova added: 'dadayev’s involvement in committing this crime is confirmed by, apart from his own confession, the totality of evidence gathered as part of this criminal case' anzor gubashev, who worked for a private security company in moscow, was named as another suspect he denied any involvement alexander bortnikov, the head of russia's federal security service, said dadayev and gubashev were 'suspected of carrying out the crime' it was not clear if either of the men were believed to have fired the shots that killed mr nemtsov russian opposition leader boris nemtsov, who was killed while walking with his girlfriend in red square in full view of the kremlin  at the time of his death mr nemtsov had been working on a report about russian military involvement in the eastern ukraine conflict  at the time of his death mr nemtsov had been working on a report about russian military involvement in the eastern ukraine conflict he was also in the midst of organising a march against the war and had written a number of reports in recent years linking putin and other politicians to alleged corruption the shooting occurred a few hours after he had made a radio appearance denouncing putin for 'mad, aggressive' policies in ukraine surveillance footage apparently showed a man climbing into a white getaway car and being driven away russian officials have denied any involvement, with president putin dubbing the murder a 'provocation'
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chechen leader ramzan kadyrov says zaur dadayev is a devout muslim  dadayev accused in killing of russian opposition leader boris nemtsov  mr kadyrov says dadayev was not happy with the charlie hebdo cartoons  mr nemtsov previously defended the cartoons of the prophet mohammed  but an ally of mr nemtsov has branded the new theory for motive 'absurd' ilya yashin says nemtsov has never negatively spoke out about islam  he was killed last week after being shot in the back while walking near the kremlin 