A Russian journalist was found dead near a roadside over the weekend after taking aim at Russian officials and promising to release details of “gigantic corruption.”
Alexander Rybin’s body was found near a highway about 130 miles outside of Mariupol, Ukraine, where he was reporting on the Russian invasion.
The initial autopsy deemed cardiomyopathy as the cause of death. However, the circumstances of the incident remain unknown.
“It will be almost impossible to determine whether foul play was involved in Rybin’s death or whether he died of heart disease as some Russian media outlets claim,” strategic military intelligence analyst Rebekah Koffler told Fox News.
In one of his last reports, Rybin said that Mariupol had “gigantic money” and “gigantic opportunities for corruption.” He stated that his “personal impression” was 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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Alexander Rybin’s body was found near a highway about 130 miles outside of Mariupol, Ukraine, where he was reporting on the Russian invasion.
The initial autopsy deemed cardiomyopathy as the cause of death. However, the circumstances of the incident remain unknown.
“It will be almost impossible to determine whether foul play was involved in Rybin’s death or whether he died of heart disease as some Russian media outlets claim,” strategic military intelligence analyst Rebekah Koffler told Fox News.
In one of his last reports, Rybin said that Mariupol had “gigantic money” and “gigantic opportunities for corruption.” He stated that his “personal impression” was that “there is a gigantic corruption going on in Mariupol, which the Russian army occupied with heavy fighting in spring 2022.”
“The year 2023, in my opinion,...
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