@Clara_Resists @TheLoyalO @globaljourn Russia murders journalists & dissidents, including murders in Ukraine. Recently we heard about Babchenko who managed to escape, but there are other journalists who aren't so lucky. /1
@Clara_Resists @TheLoyalO @globaljourn My friend, Alexander Shchetinin (Sasha), founded a news agency for Russia, but later broke ties and re-registered it as Ukrainian business.
Russian special services couldn't forgive him for taking a large news agency away and exposing Russian agents of influence in Ukraine. /2
Russian special services couldn't forgive him for taking a large news agency away and exposing Russian agents of influence in Ukraine. /2
@Clara_Resists @TheLoyalO @globaljourn Sasha showed Ukraine as a victim of Russian aggression and worked against Russian propaganda. We worked together. He was honest, brave and my good friend.
In August 2016, Sasha was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in his Kiev apartment. /3
In August 2016, Sasha was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in his Kiev apartment. /3
@Clara_Resists @TheLoyalO @globaljourn Special services warned Sasha we would be accused of state treason if we returned to Russia. There was a Supreme Court decision that determined our website New Region as extremist. / 4
@Clara_Resists @TheLoyalO @globaljourn Only because we didn't call the Ukrainians, who defend their land from the Russian invasion, "terrorists and extremists", as Russian propaganda does.
Anyone (including civilians and dissidents) who Russia believes is working against Russian threats is deemed a traitor. /5
Anyone (including civilians and dissidents) who Russia believes is working against Russian threats is deemed a traitor. /5
@Clara_Resists @TheLoyalO @globaljourn Ukrainian police said they would investigate Sasha's death as a murder, but there was no result.
It's clear from the timing of a piece published shortly after the murder on a Russian propaganda site that the author knew about Sasha's death ahead of time. /6
It's clear from the timing of a piece published shortly after the murder on a Russian propaganda site that the author knew about Sasha's death ahead of time. /6
@Clara_Resists @TheLoyalO @globaljourn The article also said journalists who opposed Russia in Ukraine could be killed.
It had 4 names in it including mine. It was a warning. Once they killed Sasha, I knew the threat was real. /7
It had 4 names in it including mine. It was a warning. Once they killed Sasha, I knew the threat was real. /7
@Clara_Resists @TheLoyalO @globaljourn My work on Russian channels of influence, including international crimes (as the coup attempt in Montenegro) makes me a target. /X
