The Committee on Security of the Upper House of Congress approved a bill to rename a street near the Russian Embassy in Washington in honor of the oppositionist Boris Nemtsov shot in Moscow - Boris Nemtsov Plaza. This is stated on the committee's website, "Gordon". Now the bill should support the full composition of the Senate, and then - and the House of Representatives of the Congress.

The proposal to name the street in front of the Russian Embassy in the US by the name of the murdered politician came from Republican senator Marco Rubio.

In his opinion, Boris Nemtsov Plaza will be a constant reminder to the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian people that the dissidents' voices continue to live and that the defenders of freedom will not remain silent.

Nemtsov was shot dead near the Kremlin late on the evening of February 27, 2015.

All the arrested defendants of the case are Chechens. Zaur Dadaev, Beslan Shavanov, who are considered to be the perpetrators of the murder, as well as Ruslan Mukhudinov, whom the investigation calls organizer and customer, used to serve in the Chechen battalion "North".

According to relatives of Nemtsov, Dadaev, who was awarded the Order of Courage in 2010, was personally acquainted with the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov and other leaders of the republic.

On June 20, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced that an investigation into the five persons involved in the murder of the politician was completed.

Original article: In the US, the street where the Russian embassy is located, will be renamed into "Boris Nemtsov Plaza".