Convict in Kremlin critic murder released from jail to fight in Ukraine

FILE - Tamerlan Eskerkhanov sits inside a glass-walled cage during his trial in the killing of opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, in Moscow, Russia, June 27, 2017. Russian state media reported on Aug. 10, 2024, that Eskerkhanov was released from jail to fight in Ukraine.

A man convicted in the killing of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov has been discharged from jail after signing a contract to join the military operation in Ukraine, state-run news agencies TASS and RIA Novosti reported on Saturday.