5 convicted of murder of dissident Russian lawmaker Boris Nemtsov

Accused Shadid Gubashev stands inside a defendants' cage at a court hearing in Moscow on Tuesday.

Investigators said forensic evidence found in the getaway car and telephone records linked the suspects to the crime.

Four of the accused men, Anzor and Shadid Gubashev, Tamerlan Eskerkhanov and Khamzat Bakhayev, claimed their innocence throughout the case. The fifth, Zaur Dadayev, initially confessed to his role and that of the others in the crime, according to Natalia Mushnikova, the judge in the case, but later told human rights activists from Russia's federal watchdog, the Public Observation Commission, that he did so under torture and retracted his confession,the case. The fifth, Zaur Dadayev, initially confessed to his role and that of the others in the crime, according to Natalia Mushnikova, the judge in the case, but later told human rights activists from Russia's federal watchdog, the Public Observation Commission, that he did so under torture and retracted his confession, according to reports from state news agency RIA Novosti.

Zaur Dadayev (R), charged with masterminding and carrying out the killing of Boris Nemtsov, stands in court Tuesday.

Sentencing is expected next week. The punishment for people convicted of murder ranges from eight years in prison up to life imprisonment, depending on the circumstances, according to Russia's Criminal Code.

Nemtsov's daughter, Zhanna Nemtsova, criticized the verdict in a Facebook post, saying that "the case remains unsolved."

While five men have been convicted of her father's murder, investigators have not established who ordered the killing, she said.

"People in Russia and in the world are convinced of the political background to the murder, and our [the Russian] investigation and the court deny the obvious. Furthermore, they failed to establish any motive for murder. This just clearly shows the blatant falsity of our state," she wrote.