Russian President Vladimir Putin considers the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and a provocative act, most likely an ordered killing, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
"Putin emphasized that this brutal murder has all signs of being ordered and is of an exclusively provocative character," Peskov said Saturday night, Sputnik reported.
According to the spokesman, the Russian president has ordered the Investigative Committee, the Interior Ministry and the Federal Security Service to set up an investigative team.