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Moscow mourns Nemtsov's death
Ben Aris in Moscow Tens of thousands of Muscovites turned out to mourn the death of Boris Nemtsov, the flamboyant opposition leader who was gunned down outside the walls of the Kremlin late on February 27. The mood was grim as somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 demonstrators marched in almost total silence along the embankment of
the river Moskva and then onto the bridge where Nemtsov was shot in the back. Originally the opposition movement was planning to hold a protest march on March 1; however, after its leader's murder, the event was cancelled and changed to a funeral procession in honour of Nemtsov. See page 2
Ukraine's hryvnia steadies after rate hike bne IntelliNews Ukraine's floundering hryvnia strengthened to UAH21.7 to the dollar on March 4 after opening at UAH24.4. The strengthening follows a tightening of monetary policy by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and could mark a crucial upturn in the hryvnia's rollercoaster ride of the past year. Sliding from UAH8 to the dollar in February 2014 to UAH16 at the start of 2015, the currency
then plummeted to UAH32 to the dollar on February 26, striking panic into the population. UAH 21.7 is the exchange rate on which the state budget for 2015 was based when parliament passed a package of amendments on March 2-3. Ukraine is currently waiting for approval See page 4