Russian reporter Maxim Borodin dies after mysterious balcony fall. He recently reported on deaths of Russian mercenaries in Syria tied to a shadowy paramilitary org bankrolled by Putin ally & Kremlin troll farm financier Prigozhin.
HT @cartokurtis #Maddow https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/maxim-borodin-russia-reporter-death-fall-balcony_us_5ad4f819e4b0edca2cbcc536?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004
HT @cartokurtis #Maddow https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/maxim-borodin-russia-reporter-death-fall-balcony_us_5ad4f819e4b0edca2cbcc536?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004
Russian reporter Maxim Borodin, who died after a mysterious balcony fall, had investigated Russian mercenaries financed by Putin ally Prigozhin AND paid-escort Nastya Rybka's allegations re Deripaska, Manafort & the US election exposed by @navalny.
#Maddow http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43781351
#Maddow http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43781351
Russian reporter Maxim Borodin who died after a mysterious balcony fall recently reported on deaths of Russian mercenaries in Syria tied to a shadowy paramilitary org Wagner Group, bankrolled by Kremlin troll farm financier Prigozhin.
@RichardEngel #Maddow https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/990031075119419393
@RichardEngel #Maddow https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/990031075119419393
ICYMI: Putin ally Yevgeniy Prigozhin [indicted by Mueller for funding the Internet Research Agency] was said to be in touch with the Kremlin & Assad before his Wagner Group mercenaries attacked US troops in Syria in Feb.
#Maddow https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/966842648643424256
#Maddow https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/966842648643424256
In-depth piece by @johnsweeneyroar on the mysterious death of journalist Maxim Borodin, who reported on Russian mercenaries killed in Syria working for “Putin’s chef,” Prigozhin, an ex-gangster & head of the Kremlin troll farm indicted by Mueller.
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NEW: Three Russian journalists working on an expose of Russian mercenaries, the Wagner Group, were executed today in the Central African Republic. Wagner is linked to “Putin’s chef,” Prigozhin [heads of the Kremlin troll farm indicted by Mueller].
#Maddow https://read.bi/2OxEPUw
#Maddow https://read.bi/2OxEPUw
Khodorkovsky: Journalists, Orkhan Dzhemal, Kiril Radchenko, and Alexander Rastorguev were working with my project The Centre for Investigation on an investigation into Russian private mercenaries, in particular the Wagner group. All three have been killed.
via @Billbrowder
via @Billbrowder
Russian journalists Dzhemal, Radchenko & Rastorguyev were murdered in Africa while investigating mercenaries with the Wagner group, a private military firm linked to "Putin's chef" Prigozhin, who, along with his troll farm, was indicted by Mueller.
#Maddow https://wapo.st/2AwiILb?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.8bc7ba23203b
#Maddow https://wapo.st/2AwiILb?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.8bc7ba23203b
Recently poisoned activist & Pussy Riot member Pyotr Verzilov had been working on an investigative story on the 3 Russian journalists who were murdered while investigating mercenaries in the private military firm linked to "Putin's chef" Prigozhin.
#Maddow https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/we-now-know-more-about-the-apparent-poisoning-of-the-pussy-riot-member-pyotr-verzilov
#Maddow https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/we-now-know-more-about-the-apparent-poisoning-of-the-pussy-riot-member-pyotr-verzilov
Verzilov had been a close friend of one of the three journalists and was slated to join the reporting trip to Africa on which the 3 were murdered. The day he was poisoned, Verzilov was expecting to receive documents pertaining to his investigation.
#Maddow https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1043026522074828800
#Maddow https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1043026522074828800
The three Russian journalists murdered in the Central African Republic while investigating mercenaries with Wagner [the private military firm owned by 'Putin's chef' Yevgeny Prigozhin] were tracked and ambushed by a police officer linked to Wagner.
#Maddow https://cnn.it/2FlCJVD
#Maddow https://cnn.it/2FlCJVD
In an effort to disguise his communications, another Russian involved registered his mobile phone under a fake American name, using a forged passport. In reality he worked for Wagner, Prigozhin's private military firm. @CNN has seen his Wagner ID.
#Maddow https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1083493404867289089
#Maddow https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1083493404867289089