NEMTSOV REPORT says the Kremlin spent more than a billion dollars financing the rebellion in eastern Ukraine. The report commissioned by opposition leader Boris Nemtsov says at least 220 Russian soldiers died in fighting in two battles. 150 soldiers were killed in fighting at IIoviask, a small town in Donetsk last year and seventy lost their lives in fighting for Debaltseve in February after the Minsk treaty was signed. Nemtsov was shot dead in front of the Kremlin on February 27, 2015.

PUTIN -WAR report published on the OPEN RUSSIA WEBSITE