Boris Nemtsov’s date ‘did not see his killer’

The Ukrainian woman with Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov when he was gunned down told Russia media yesterday that she did not see his killer, as conflicting reports emerged about the availability of surveillance footage showing the slaying.

No suspects have been arrested since Nemtsov was shot dead on Friday night. According to Russian investigators, he was walking home on a Moscow bridge near the Kremlin with a woman when he was shot four times by an assailant, who then escaped in a light-colored car.

The area is one of the most secure, heavily monitored parts of the Russian capital. The attack came just hours after a radio interview in which the opposition leader had denounced Russian president Vladimir Putin’s “mad, aggressive policy” in Ukraine.