by Maria Ogryzlo and Biodun Iginla, BBC News, Moscow
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President Vladimir Putin has been informed of their detention, he added.
The murder last week of the veteran liberal politician, on a bridge within sight of the Kremlin, shocked Russia.
The former deputy prime minister, 55, was shot dead as he was walking on the street with his girlfriend.
He was buried in Moscow on Tuesday.
Russia's leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny accused the Kremlin of ordering the assassination in order to cow the opposition amid Russia's mounting economic problems.
President Putin publicly condemned the murder and called for an end to "shameful" political killings in Russia.
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Two men have been arrested over the
murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, the head of the
Federal Security Service (FSB) has announced.
Anzor Gubashev and
Zaur Dadayev were detained on Saturday, FSB director Alexander Bortnikov
said, speaking on national television.President Vladimir Putin has been informed of their detention, he added.
The murder last week of the veteran liberal politician, on a bridge within sight of the Kremlin, shocked Russia.
The former deputy prime minister, 55, was shot dead as he was walking on the street with his girlfriend.
He was buried in Moscow on Tuesday.
Russia's leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny accused the Kremlin of ordering the assassination in order to cow the opposition amid Russia's mounting economic problems.
President Putin publicly condemned the murder and called for an end to "shameful" political killings in Russia.
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