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Killer Of Putin Critic Boris Nemtsov Is Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

Zaur Dadayev (right) was convicted of carrying out the assassination of politician Boris Nemtsov in February 2015. He's seen here in court last month, inside a defendants' cage during a hearing at the Moscow District Military Court. / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / Getty Images

The triggerman in the drive-by murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. The bold killing of Nemtsov, 55, on

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