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People in Moscow have commemorated late opposition politician Boris Nemtsov who was shot dead in the Russian capital nine years ago, despite the considerable risk of arrest. People were laying flowers on the bridge near the Kremlin where Nemzov was killed on February 27, 2015, a dpa reporter at the scene said on Tuesday evening. A few dozen people remained there for a while, while most mourners quickly left the scene again, she said. Security forces in Moscow have been cracking down on those publicly mourning late opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who died in a Siberian prison on February 16 u…