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> Another reason: > Verzilov had been working on an investigative story about the deaths of the three Russian journalists, Alexander Rastorguev, Orkhan Dzhemal

• tim333 8y ago
  The Military firm is Wagner group - >Wagner’s forces remain outside the Russian armed forces, following the whims of their master, the oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/08/russian-mercenaries-wagner-africa/568435/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/08/ru... And re Prigozhin: >In 1981 he was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment under articles of robbery, fraud, and involving teenagers in prostitution. >His ties to Putin go back to at least 2001: He’s worked on everything from election interference to setting up pro-Putin newspapers to sending Russian mercenaries to Syria to fight on behalf of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. >... personally approved a Russian mercenary attack on US forces stationed in eastern Syria in early February https://www.vox.com/world/2018/2/26/17044930/yevgheny-prigozhin-putin-mueller-troll-farm https://www.vox.com/world/2018/2/26/17044930/yevgheny-prigoz... Probably not the kind of guy who'd worry too much about having an investigative journalist hit.