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D.C. Considers Renaming Street To Make Politcal Statement

The Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C., is on Wisconsin Avenue. But maybe not for long. A measure before the city council would rename the section in front of the embassy after Boris Nemtsov, a critic of President Vladimir Putin, who was assassinated in 2015.

Martin Austermuhle (@maustermuhle) from member station WAMU reports.

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