An investigation finds evidence Boris Nemtsov was shadowed by an agent linked to an assassination team.
For weeks, people continued to place flowers at the bridge where Boris Nemtsov was killed
Instead, Mr Putin came to power and Mr Nemtsov was pushed to the margins of Russian politics. He became an effective campaigner, exposing corruption and denouncing Russia's 2014 attack on eastern Ukraine. Using leaked train and flight reservation data, the investigation shows that Mr Nemtsov was followed on at least 13 journeys.
This kind of information is often leaked on to the black market and ends up in the hands of journalists. Most of Mr Nemtsov's trips took him from Moscow, where he lived, to Yaroslavl - 272km north-east of the capital - where he sat in the regional parliament. "If you're an FSB officer, you would just be able to log into that database and see, for a particular person, all of the tickets that they're purchasing, have purchased, or are buying at this very moment," he told the BBC.It is not unusual in Russia for security agencies to keep tabs on prominent opposition leaders.
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