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I don't want to lie to you. >> reporter: two hours later he was shot at least four times in the back according to russian police. outside russia's seat of power. vladimir putin condemned his killing and offered the family his condolences. russia's president said the murder bears all the hallmarks of a contract killing aimed at provoking unrest. russia's investigative committee announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to the capture of nimsof's killers. put >> it's the place where putin spends time daily. there are thousands policemen everywhere. cameras everywhere. >> reporter: he ha...

That said he was widely admired, widely known and while people may not have agreed with his opinions the fact of his murder is a nasty reminder for a lot of russians of how things in their country were 20 years ago when contract killing was a regular event. a lot of russians would be angry and anxious that russia is not going back to those days. >> what do you make of the russian president's respond to mr. nemtsov's mother by telegraph saying certainly, the country will get to the bottom of who did this? >> caller: well he as i said he is determined to do what he can to catch someone because h...

Now boris himself was loved by had. a charismatic man. one of the few politicians really willing to take on the kremlin. done so in an radio interview a very short time ago. as one russian put it the last of the new reformer generation that came to power after the collapse of the soviet union. he was gunned down with four shots to the back as he crossed a moscow bridge last night with a woman who was unharmed. the killer or killers shot him as they drove by in a white car. he himself was deputy prime minister under boris yeltsen. his political star had fallen during the putin years as the star...

He has to fear the french the germans. the united states too. >> very interesting. we're taking a look just to let you know for our viewers live pictures of moscow where they are laying flowers and all kinds of memorial tributes at the site where boris nemstov was gunned down, a place high-profile area indeed with cameras and lots of police going on there. has narcoticings of a contract killing. we appreciate you sir for joining us. ambassador bill richardson. thank you for your insights. common sense legislation that would protect our democracy from the egregious example of executive overre...

Person. they're searching for someone who apparently fled in a white car. i can tell you from moscow tonight that there are checkpoints here by the police where the white cars are actually being stopped quite a bit here in the city. so the russians are saying that they've got this manhunt under way and vladimir putin came out and said he said that this bears all the hallmarks of a targeted contract killing which he believes is meant for a provocation job. >> targeted contract killing certainly does not sound random. fred nemtsov, not just an opposition leader. this man is a former deputy prime...