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The reports on torture and ill-treatment by power agents of figurants in Boris Nemtsov's murder case should be investigated as soon as possible, said the international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI).

The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have adopted a resolution stating the need for an independent international investigation into the assassination of the Russian politician Boris Nemtsov.

The complaint of Zaur Dadaev, accused of involvement in the murder of Nemtsov, against his arrest arrived on Thursday in the Moscow Basmanny Court, said a court source.

Beslan Shavanov, who died at the explosion of a grenade in Grozny, was buried in the village of Alkhazurovo, Urus-Martan District of Chechnya. His fellow villagers doubt of his involvement in the murder of Nemtsov in Moscow.

Information about the murder of Budanov from the Internet was discussed in the deliberation room, witnesses reported on March 11 in the course of consideration of the case of former jurymen, now accused of obstructing the justice.

Andrei Babushkin, a member of the Moscow Public Oversight Commission (POC), was questioned as a witness in the murder case of Boris Nemtsov. The interrogation was associated with his visiting Gubashev brothers and Zaur Dadaev at the SIZO "Lefortovo", said Babushkin.

Juan Mendez, the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights and Torture Issues Council (HRC) of the United Nations, has decided to request data from Russian authorities about possible torture of the person, suspected of killing Boris Nemtsov.

The attempted murder of the Mayor of Khasavyurt Saigidpasha Umakhanov was ordered by people close to the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, said a source from special services of Dagestan, citing the testimonies of the residents of Chechnya, convicted in this case.

The newspaper writes that investigators believe that the murder of Boris Nemtsov was organized by a close relative of a high-ranking Chechen power agent.

Members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) have visited the SIZO (pre-trial prison) "Lefortovo" and found no traces of beatings in the three detainees for the murder of Boris Nemtsov, said Anton Tsvetkov, the head of the Moscow POC. Rights defenders have also rejected the claims of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) that they intervene into the investigation of the crime.

Zaur Dadaev, accused of killing the politician Boris Nemtsov, was dismissed from the battalion "Sever" on February 28. In the battalion, he took the post of Deputy Regiment Commander; and his former colleagues refuse to believe in his involvement in the murder, a source from power structures of Chechnya told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Zaur Dadaev has confirmed the data, earlier published by the "Caucasian Knot" that his friend Ruslan Yusupov was detained together with him. According to his version, the power agents demanded his confession of killing Nemtsov in exchange for Yusupov's release.

The advocate of Anzor Gubashev, who is accused of involvement in the murder of Boris Nemtsov, has filed a complaint against his arrest. In total, to date, the court has received three appeals on the case – from the advocates of Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, Anzor Gubashev and Khamzat Bakhaev.

The Chechen MIA has reported that they have no information about the detention of two more suspects in the Shelkovskoy District.