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thousands of people have taken to mark The Streets of the Russian capital five years since the murder of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov .

Mr Nemtsov, a former Deputy Prime Minister , Minister and a prominent Kremlin critic, was shot and killed in 2015.

the participants in the Saturday March to protest against the controversial plans to change The Constitution .

opponents say that President Vladimir Putin wants the changes, to retain power after his term ends in 2024.

organizers said the Association of the annual commemorative March with a protest against constitutional reform was, what did Mr Nemtsov.

"This is exactly to fight for what Boris Nemtsov was, and he gave his life for him," she wrote on The Event website.

police said about 10,000 people took part in the Moscow March, during the monitoring of the organization's prized White counter, there were More Than 22,000 participants.

the participants carried photos of Mr. Nemtsov and signs bearing anti-Putin messages such as "No eternal Putin" and "against the usurpation of power".

energy worker Sergei Tsaplienko said the news Agency Reuters, he was the candidate of The March , because he wanted the freedom and the Democracy .

"I have not the strength to stand, the Government does not abuse it," he said. "The Constitution is to be transformed into a kind of comic strip. "

- including a slight redistribution of powers between the branches of Government - in January.

He said the amendments to The Constitution more democratic and more effective, but the proposals were widely seen as a way to extend the allowed him, his grip on power after leaving The Presidency .

The changes to a national vote in April. to find

protesters on Saturday also called for the authorities to keep track of who orchestrated The Killing of Mr Nemtsov.

Mr Nemtsov rose to political prominence in the 1990s as a liberal reformer and Deputy Prime Minister under President Boris Yeltsin .

His political fortunes waned, when Mr Putin took over The Presidency , but he was an important oppositional force as the anti-Putin protests in 2011.

He was openly critical of Russia's involvement in Eastern Ukraine after the annexation of Crimea in 2014. The Night before his death, he participated in a radio interview, in which he secured a protest March.

Mr Nemtsov's allies accused the Kremlin of involvement in the murder. Putin condemned the murder as "vile" and vowed to find the murderer.

Five Chechen men were convicted, Mr Nemtsov and The Killing , but the family and supporters of the slain politician to believe that the person who ordered the murder remain at large.

demonstrations in his memory took place on Saturday in other cities in Russia, including St. Petersburg.

Source of news: bbc.com