RBC: Dadaev was promised five million roubles for killing Nemtsov

Zaur Dadaev was promised five million roubles for killing the politician Boris Nemtsov, says the article by Svetlana Reiter and Anastasia Mikhailova, published by the RBC (RosBusinessConsulting).

Opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was shot and killed in Moscow on February 27. Five persons, including Zaur Dadaev, Anzor and Shagid Gubashev, Khamzat Bakhaev and Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, were detained on suspicion of involvement in the murder.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Zaur Dadaev went to Moscow in September 2014 together with Ruslan Geremeev.

The above material, posted today by the RBC, asserts that the Dadaev's confessions of committing the murder of Nemtsov "indicate a direct involvement in organizing the crime of people from the retinue of Ruslan Geremeev, who has, according to media reports, high-ranking relatives", says the above article.

According to two sources, familiar with the investigation, Dadaev confessed that he was assisted in committing the murder by some native of Chechnya, nicknamed as "Rusik", who drove a Mercedes car with the number plate 007. According to the sources, the native of Chechnya also provided Dadaev with a PM pistol with ammunition and the ZAZ Chance car, which was used, according to investigators, to take the killer away from the scene.

Besides, the material of the RBC reports that Ruslan Geremeev, a former Dadaev's colleague in the battalion "Sever" (North), really has a Mercedes car number 007. The driver of the car is a native of Chechnya, nicknamed "Rusik", the RBC reports citing its source familiar with the course of the investigation.

The RBC also reports that Ruslan Geremeev introduced Zaur Dadaev to Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, who is also accused of the resonant murder. The RBC's source also said that during the preparation of the crime "Rusik" promised five million roubles to Zaur Dadaev for killing Nemtsov.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.