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BBC News - Nemtsov murder: Russian society polarised as theories abound Sunday March 1 st , 2015  at  10:16 PM BBC News - Europe 1 Share 28 February 2015   Last updated at  07:26 ET   By Artyom Liss   BBC Russian Supporters of Boris Nemtsov have been paying their respects at the scene of his murder Russia woke up in shock on Saturday. The press, the social media, the politicians - all describe the killing of Boris Nemtsov, one of the leaders of the country's opposition, as something that was - until Friday night - completely unthinkable. He was gunned down a stone's throw away from the Kremlin, in an area which is always tightly policed, and where security cameras are everywhere you look. He was, it appears, tracked for hours as he travelled around central Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the killing a "provocation" and ordered Russian police chiefs to personally oversee the investigation. And they were qui