The children of Boris Nemtsov are doing the most today to preserve the memory of this famous and extraordinary politician. The personal life of the hero of our article was eventful, in total he has five officially recognized children. But the most famous is his daughter Jeanne, a popular public figure and TV presenter.
Politician Nemtsov
The children of Boris Nemtsov still keep the memory of their father, despite the fact that most of them have different mothers. It is worth recognizing that Nemtsov himself is one of the brightest politicians in modern Russia. In the early 90s, he joined the young team of President Yeltsin, made a dizzying career, held key positions in the government of the country. Many considered him the official successor to Boris Yeltsin as head of state. It is said that Yeltsin himself treated him better than many others around him.
In the 2000s, he was in opposition. But even here he made his way to the front rows. Regularly participated in protests against the current government. In 2015, he was shot almost in the very center of Moscow. Many consider him a political victim of the regime.
The youngest governor
Famous throughoutBoris Efimovich Nemtsov became the country in 1991, when he headed the Nizhny Novgorod region. Shortly before this, during the August coup, he openly supported Boris Yeltsin. He repaid him kindly.
When the leadership of the GKChP was dismissed, Yeltsin appointed Nemtsov the head of the region. In many ways, this decision was dictated by the fact that he was a new person, practically did not know anyone in this area. The politician was only 32 years old. Everyone then remembered the president's words that he appoints such a young man as governor for only two months, and if he fails, he will remove him. Nemtsov did it.
Moreover, in 1995, already at the national elections of the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, the hero of our article confirmed his high position. Already in the first round, he enlisted the support of almost 60% of voters.
At that time he earned fame as a reformer, during his reign he implemented several programs in the region.
Working in the Russian government
In 1997, the career of Boris Efimovich Nemtsov went up. This happened after Yeltsin, in his annual address to the Federal Assembly, criticized the work of the Chernomyrdin government. After that, leaving the Prime Minister in his post, he made significant changes to the structure and composition of the Cabinet of Ministers.
Chubais became the First Deputy Prime Minister with expanded powers. Nemtsov was appointed another Deputy Prime Minister. Moreover, he had to be persuaded to leave the Nizhny Novgorod region. This role was performed by the daughter of the head of state TatyanaDyachenko, who met several times with the politician to convince him to go to work in the government.
Nemtsov was entrusted with the responsibility to carry out reforms in the social sphere and housing and communal services, deal with issues of antimonopoly and housing policy, and coordinate the work of individual executive authorities. For example, the Ministry of Fuel and Energy, the Federal Energy Commission and others.
He did not manage to stay on the post of Deputy Prime Minister for a long time. In 1998, a default occurred in the country, the government of the new Prime Minister Kiriyenko was dismissed. According to media reports, Yeltsin then personally called Nemtsov, saying that he was not involved in the failure and could remain working with him until 2000. But the hero of our article refused.
He submitted his resignation in August.
Nemtsov in opposition
Nemtsov began his independent political career in the Union of Right Forces party together with Irina Khakamada and Sergei Kiriyenko. In 1999, they supported Putin in his appointment as prime minister. He later admitted that this decision was wrong.
Won the elections to the State Duma in one of the constituencies in Nizhny Novgorod.
At the next elections in 2003, he ran at the head of the list of the Union of Right Forces. But the party failed to overcome the 5% threshold required to enter parliament. After the defeat in the elections, Nemtsov resigned as leader of the Union of Right Forces.
After that, his political career developed rapidly, he was always in sight. For the 2008 presidential election, the Union of Right Forces nominatedhis candidacy for the presidency of Russia, but he refused, supporting Mikhail Kasyanov. In 2009, he participated in the election of the mayor of Sochi. He took second place with about 13.5% of the votes.
Since 2010, he regularly participates in actions of non-systemic opposition, was repeatedly detained for participating in unauthorized political actions. Author of a number of expert reports - "Putin. Results", "Putin. Corruption", "Putin. Life of a galley slave. Palaces, yachts, cars, planes and other accessories", "Winter Olympics in the subtropics" and others.
In 2013, he won the elections to the Yaroslavl Regional Duma from the RPR-Parnassus party.
Murder of a politician
Boris Nemtsov was killed on February 27, 2015. Almost in the very center of Moscow - on the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge. The Kremlin was visible from this place.
The killer shot the politician six times - in the back and head. At this time, 23-year-old Ukrainian Anna Duritskaya was with him. It is said that this was Nemtsov's last love. They dated for three years. The question of who killed Boris Nemtsov immediately appeared in all news feeds.
The killer turned out to be Zaur Dadaev, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Together with him, four of his accomplices were convicted.
First marriage
Now more about his personal life. His first wife was Raisa Akhmetova. She was three years older than him. In 1984, their daughter Zhanna was born.
In the 90s, the couple officially broke up, lived separately, even in different cities, buthave not been officially divorced for a long time.
Zhanna Nemtsova
The daughter from his first marriage is still his most famous and public child. And this is not surprising. She is a journalist, public figure, worked as a TV presenter on the RBC TV channel. In 2015, she left Russia. Currently lives in Germany, works as a reporter for the Russian edition of the well-known German television company Deutsche Welle.
Since 1997, she lived in Moscow, after Nemtsov was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister. After studying one quarter in the capital's school, she returned to Nizhny Novgorod without permission. She returned to Moscow only a year later at the insistence of her parents.
After receiving secondary education, she studied at an American university, later entered MGIMO. Zhanna Nemtsova received a degree in management. Under the influence of her mother, she began to show interest in the stock market. For many years he has successfully invested in shares of domestic companies. She emigrated from Russia shortly after her father's murder. Through social networks, she began to receive numerous threats.
Started her career as a journalist at the age of 14. At the radio station "Echo of Moscow" she worked as an assistant news anchor. In the early 2000s, she promoted the website of the SPS party, which was led by her father.
Since 2007 she has worked for RBC. Many remembered her interview with her father, in which Nemtsov recalled previously little-known details. For example, about the circumstances of the visit to Nizhny Novgorod by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, when hewas the governor there.
In 2016, she released a book of memoirs and memoirs called "Wake up Russia". After her father's murder, her rhetoric became anti-government. In May 2015, she delivered the so-called "Freedom Speech" in Berlin. She mainly spoke about propaganda in the state media, condemned the information campaign, which, in her opinion, was launched in Russia against Ukraine, and also criticized the image of the enemy from the United States.
Personal life of Boris Nemtsov
In total, Nemtsov has five officially recognized children. He had two children from journalist Ekaterina Odintsova. He met her and began dating while still living in Nizhny Novgorod. In 1995, a son was born to Boris Nemtsov. He is currently studying at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. In 2002, they had a daughter, Dina, who is still a schoolgirl.
After Odintsova's relationship with Nemtsov became close, the journalist moved to Moscow and began working as a TV presenter.
Secretary's daughter
Boris Nemtsov also had children as a result of an office romance. In 2004, his daughter Sophia was born from his secretary Irina Koroleva. In the old days, she worked in the administration of the President of the Russian Federation.
Moreover, all these years Nemtsov remained officially married to Raisa. For example, in an interview in 2007, he confirmed that they are married, although they officially live separately. So Boris Nemtsov had many wives,but they were all civilians.
In the media appeared information about his close relationship with Zamira Duguzheva from Karachay-Cherkessia. And already in September 2017, Boris Nemtsov officially had more children. The court recognized him as the son of the child of 35-year-old Ekaterina Iftodi.
