Zhanna Nemtsova is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on March 26, 1984 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Nemtsova pushed for an investigation after her father was assassinated on February 2015. Nemtsova received threats and fled Russia in June 2015 to ensure her safety. She said that she was not satisfied with the five men convicted in relation to her father’s murder.
On 6 December 2017, Nemtsova traveled from Germany, accompanied by other family members and Russian dissidents, to urge members of the Washington, D.C. Council, the U.S. capital city’s local government, to rename a portion of the street in front of the Russian Embassy “Boris Nemtsov Plaza” in honor of her father and as a signal to Russian authorities of US disapproval of their policies and of their alleged role in Nemtsov’s assassination. Legislation to formally make the change was co-sponsored by the Council chairman, Phil Mendelson, who expected the bill to be approved by Council early in 2018. On 9 January 2018, the Council unanimously approved the “Boris Nemtsov Plaza Designation Act of 2017” which authorized the renaming, effective 5 May 2018.
Nemtsova started work in August 2015 as a reporter at the Russian section of Deutsche Welle in Bonn.
Nemtsova was awarded the Solidarity Prize of $1.1 million in Poland on 4 August 2015 for her advocacy of democracy and human rights.
She received an International Women of Courage Award in 2016.
