DC city council renames a block of Wisconsin Ave. in front of Russian Embassy after Boris Nemtsov.

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DC city council renames a block of Wisconsin Ave. in front of the Russian Embassy after Boris Nemtsov, the opposition leader gunned down in sight of the Kremlin in 2015.

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Washington To Get Boris Nemtsov Plaza In Front Of Russian Embassy

Last Updated: January 10, 2018 15:02 GMT

The local government in Washington, D.C., has approved a measure to rename the street in front of Russia's embassy after slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. ... In separate votes on January 9, the District of Columbia Council passed the Boris Nemtsov Plaza Designation Act in its first reading and unanimously approved the renaming "on an emergency basis" pending final adoption of the permanent legislation.

The city initiative renames the block of Wisconsin Avenue that is home to the Russian Embassy in honor of Nemtsov, a reformist politician and fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin who was shot dead on a bridge near the Kremlin in 2015.

Federal legislation on renaming the portion of the major thoroughfare was introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in 2017, but has not been passed. ... The Senate bill specifies that the address of the compound containing Russia's embassy, consulate, and ambassador's residence would be changed to 1 Boris Nemtsov Plaza.

Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza, chairman of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom, wrote on Facebook after the city-council vote that it would take effect on February 27 -- the third anniversary of Nemtsov's assassination.

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1. Fantastic! Well worth the risk of polonium poisoning! - nt