3 more Russian journalists killed while investigating a Kremlin private mercenary group
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Julia Ioffe
@juliaioffe
Three more Russian journalists—including the amazing Orhan Dzhemal—were killed while investigating the Kremlin's private mercenary group, Wagner. (https://www.ouest-france.fr/monde/centrafrique/trois-journalistes-russes-assassines-en-centrafrique-5904255)
More from Ioffe:
Wagner, which has sent Russian mercenaries to Ukraine, Syria, Sudan, and CAR, is owned by Putin "chef," Evgeny Prigozhin. He also owns the Internet Research Agency, aka the Troll Factory. He was sanctioned by US Treasury in March 2018.
In April, another Russian journalist who had been investigating Wagner fell from his window a day after he saw men in special forces uniforms casing his apartment. Today's killings bring the tally to 4 dead journalists.
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(Julia mentions this young man, as well)
Journalist Maxim Borodin died under suspicious circumstances:
Maxim Borodin
From April 16:
...In recent weeks, the journalist had written about Russian mercenaries known as the "Wagner Group" who were reportedly killed in Syria on 7 February in a confrontation with US forces.
Last week, the outgoing head of the CIA, Mike Pompeo, said that "a couple hundred" Russian mercenaries died in the clash in Deir al-Zour province. The mercenaries were apparently taking part in an attack by pro-Syrian government fighters on the headquarters of a US ally, the Syrian Democratic Forces...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43781351
Goddamit
that expose Putin's thuggery,deserve respect and the highest of praise. 
