Posted on 01/15/2024 7:32:50 AM PST by Libloather
A journalist who took aim at Russian officials and promised to release details of “gigantic corruption” was found dead near a roadside over the weekend, but the circumstances of his death remain shrouded in mystery.
“It will be almost impossible to determine whether foul play was involved Rybin’s death or whether he died of heart disease as some Russian media outlets claim,” Rebekah Koffler, a strategic military intelligence analyst and the author of “Putin’s Playbook,” told Fox News Digital.
Alexander Rybin, 39, was found near a highway some 130 miles outside the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, where he had spent time reporting on the Russian invasion.
The official cause of death was that he died from “cardiomyopathy” after an autopsy, The Sun reported, citing Russian state media.
Some outlets have described Rybin as a pro-Kremlin journalist, but in the last few weeks of his life he had grown highly critical of officials in the region.
He blamed rampant corruption for the slow rebuilding of the city and Donetsk region.
In one of his last reports, Rybin reported that Mariupol had “gigantic money” and “gigantic opportunities for corruption.”
According to a translation from The Sun, Rybin explained that his “personal impression” - which he tried to stress was not an accusation of any kind - “is that there is a gigantic corruption going on in Mariupol, which the Russian army occupied with heavy fighting in spring 2022.”
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Oops. Story is from the NY Post.
He fell out of a window?.................at 80 mph?.................
What was his connection to the Clintons?
Why do people announce intentions rather than just doing stuff?
We are just like Russia now.
The official cause of death was that he died from “cardiomyopathy” after an autopsy
Yeah, an autopsy will do that to you...
At least have a kill switch ready.
> promised to release details of “gigantic corruption”
The trick is to release it and not hold it over the heads of people that don’t want it released. Then you keep yourself alive by saying there is more that will be released if you end up dead.
Always better to release details of gross corruption rather than announce you are going to do it later. I am sorry he is dead.
Right. One would think that a Russian journalist would be smart enough at this point to not promise to expose massive corruption. Just do it from a well-hidden location.
Seth Rich
Epstein
Vince Foster
It worked for Julian Assange, sort of, and just barely.
Andrew Breitbart
Was his name Seth Rich?
No high horse in America any more - we're as crooked as they come.
“Russian journalist promising to release details of ‘gigantic corruption’ found dead on side of the road”
I actually read this as a ‘gigantic corruption’ found dead on side of the road”.
Tried to wrap my head around how a gigantic corruption, could be found dead on side of the road. WHAT could they have meant by that? Series!
Maybe a COMMA or two would have helped.
Loudly proclaiming that you have proof of government misconduct is a fool’s choice. Always, always, make the proof public first.
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