Ukrainian girlfriend of Boris Nemtsov under protection after death threats

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KIEV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian girlfriend of slain Kremlin critic and Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov has been assigned security detail after receiving death threats, Ukrainian prosecutors said Friday.

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Anna Duritskaya, the 23-year old model who was at Nemtsov's side when he was shot dead, "filed a statement about the threat to her life from unidentified people during her time in her parents' home," said Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin

Duritskaya has hidden away from media and the public in her hometown of Bila Tserkva, 55 miles south of Kiev, since returning from Moscow on Monday. Read more...

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