MOSCOW, January 14 (RAPSI) – Anzor Gubashev, one of the suspects in the murder of Boris Nemtsov, told investigators the name of the alleged killer of the politician, Gubashev’s lawyer, Musa Khadisov told RAPSI on Thursday.

According to Gubashev, Nemtsov has been killed by Beslan Shavanov who was blown up by a grenade while resisting arrest in Chechnya last year.

The lawyer said that Gubashev was Shavanov’s driver but he was not implicated in the crime.  He was not informed about Shavanov’s plan, Khadisov said.

Gubashev also said that other suspects were not on the scene of crime.

Nemtsov was murdered in central Moscow on the night of February 28. In the 1990s, the politician held a number of high-ranking posts in the Russian Government. In the 2000s, he joined the opposition.

Five suspects were detained in the case, including the alleged murderer Zaur Dadayev, brothers Anzor and Shadid Gubashev, and Khamzat Bakhayev who, according to investigators, provided his accomplices with information and then hid them after the murder. The fifth suspect, Temerlan Eskerkhanov is said to have monitored Nemtsov’s whereabouts. Investigators have not revealed the suspected role of the Gubashev brothers in the crime.

Dadayev initially testified against himself and the other suspects, but later retracted his testimony in court.

In December, Ruslan Mukhudinov, a former Chechen Interior Ministry officer, was officially charged with organizing Nemtsov’s murder and arms traffic. He was put on the federal wanted list and on the international wanted list. According to police, he fled abroad using a fake passport.