When did Russia lose its chance of freedom?1990: As a new openness sweeps Russia, a talented young physicist, Boris Nemtsov, begins his career in politics.Charismatic, confident, liberal and vehemently opposed to corruption, he swiftly rises to prominence.For the first time, another future seems possible. 2015: Putin holds the country in the grip of tyranny once more.Nemtsov, now his fiercest and most unrelenting opponent, is assassinated on a Moscow bridge. This is the story of how a nation's dreams of democracy died. Drawing on buried archives and off-the-record interviews, exiled journalist Mikhail Fishman gives a gripping insider account of the tragedy of modern Russia, told through many lives of Boris Nemtsov - activist, playboy, leader-in-waiting, dissident and, finally, victim.From the economic reforms under Boris Yeltsin to Vladimir Putin's oligarchy, through two wars in Chechnya and the invasion of Ukraine, this is the story of a man fired by the belief that Russia could, still, have another future.