The blatant killing on the open streets of Moscow of an aggressive investigative journalist who was openly researching Moscow’s various roles in the eastern Ukraine mercenary movements.

This killing goes to the heart of what Putin has created since 2002 in Russia and should be a warning to US senior leadership that they are now dealing with a true fascist state and no amount of diplomacy is going to work.

Does the US senior leadership truly feel that even now whatever Russia signed for a document or for that matter any document –that it and they will ever be honored—meaning without trust there is diplomacy and right now we are seeing the true form of Russian nationalism that borders on fascism and the sooner we call it what it is the sooner one can finds solutions. Remember what Stalin told close friends---we will sign documents and if it helps us we will follow them if not them ignore them.

The US senior leadership needs to fully understand that to understand Putin you just need to understand his actions it is that simple--for to trust his words is a massive mistake---he has been showing his actions since 2002 and yet the US and West in general did not want to "see" and "understand" because it contradicted their own ideas and that is a deadly mistake in diplomacy and now we have the Crimean/Ukrainian problem and it will not stop until a true red line is placed and defended.

Since 2002 the following have been killed in Russia----
Paul Khlebnikov of Forbes shot in 2004; Anna Politkovskaya shot in 2006, Natalya Estemirova shot in 2009, ETC.,ETC. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/wo...T.nav=top-news …

David Patrikarakos @dpatrikarakos
#Russia is regressing to a very dangerous place. This done publicly & symbolically. Kremlin no longer bothers to maintain a facade #Nemtsov

#Nemtsov was working on a report presenting evidence of #Russia's involvement in separatist rebellion in #Ukrainehttp://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...MPLATE=DEFAULT …

Nemtsov murder scene evidence being washed away bc Putin doesn't care abt meaning of impartial forensic investigation pic.twitter.com/rog24acbcS

Julia Ioffe ✔ @juliaioffe
Here is #Nemtsov a few hours before his death at a Moscow radio station, encouraging people to Sunday's protest. pic.twitter.com/CEHweHUDQD

Bill Browder @Billbrowder
The cover up begins. Nemtsov's flat is being searched in Moscow. Investigators are planning to seize all documents and materials

Kevin Rothrock @KevinRothrock
https://twitter.com/tvrain/status/571487291002241024 … Reports that police are now at Nemtsov’s apartment, seizing documents from his home.

Garry Kasparov ✔ @Kasparov63
Reports now that police are ransacking Nemtsov's home. Putin's enemies are always victims, and his victims are always suspects.


Laura Mills @lauraphylmills
Interior Min Rep Elena Alexeeva: Nemtsov hit by assailants in a light colored car, as walking w/ acquaintance from Ukraine. Investig ongoing

Garry Kasparov ✔ @Kasparov63
Politkovskaya was gunned down. MH17 was shot out of the sky. Now Boris is dead. As always, Kremlin will blame opposition, or CIA, whatever.