The decision was passed unanimously in the final reading of the standing bill B22-539. The Provisional Law has already come into force.
On Wednesday, February 7, in his Twitter, the chairman of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation Vladimir Kara-Murza, Jr.. He also added that the solemn opening ceremony of the square will be held on February 27, the third anniversary of the assassination of the politician.
Recall, former vice-premier of Russia and critic of Vladimir Putin Boris Nemtsov was killed in Moscow on February 27, 2015. His murder caused outrage all over the world and attracted the attention of the international community to the situation of Russian oppositionists.
As reported URA-Inform, January 9 at the first meeting of 2018, the City Council of Washington unanimously approved in the first reading the bill to rename the square in front of the Russian embassy in the square Boris Nemtsov.