Boris Nemtsov spoke against Censorship in his Last Interview before Death

Just hours before Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov was shot dead on the streets of Moscow Friday night he was here, at this radio studio to promote his upcoming opposition march that had been scheduled for Sunday.

He said, “We believe that to set order in the country and overcome the crisis, important political changes are needed. Namely, it is necessary to hold honest elections, with the opposition naturally taking part, and to abolish censorship — to stop that mean propaganda of lies which simply turned upside-down the mentality of the Russian people.”

Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister, had been an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his alleged involvement in Ukraine’s separatist conflict.

“The main reason of the crisis is because Putin started that insane, aggressive, murderous – for our country and for many of our citizens – policy of war with Ukraine. The presence of the Russian troops there is well-documented.”

The Kremlin denies any role in the fighting.

Nemtsov had previously said he feared Putin may want him dead.

As tens of thousands marched on Sunday to honor his memory,

Putin promised Nemtsov’s mother that her son’s killers would be found and punished.