Nemtsov's Girlfriend 'Received Death Threats'

CCTV cameras installed near the Kremlin in central Moscow, Russia, 04 March 2015. A lot of surveillance cameras are installed in and around the Kremlin, and also in the area where opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot dead on February 27. Photo by EPA/

Ukrainian model Anna Duritskaya, who was accompanying Russian oppositioner Boris Nemtsov when he was murdered, claims to have received death threats, prosecutors say.

Duritskaya, a key witness in a murder investigation against Nemtsov, lodged a claim with the country's chief prosecutor's office on Thursday, March 05 and is currently under police protection.

She returned to Kiev on March 02 to look after her mother, but promised to provide assistance to investigators in Russia who are looking into the murder.

Moscow authorities' probe has not yet yielded concrete results or at least none have been made public.

Some Russian opposition forces have accused the Kremlin of being behind the killing, but President Putin argues the "vile" murder was a "provocation".

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