of russian mercenaries in the country russian tycoon a vocal critic of president putin mikhail khodorkovsky sponsored their investigation the reporters were found dead in a bullet riddled car in a remote region now there's speculation in the mainstream media that the killings were politically motivated with claims being cycled around that the kremlin is somehow connected to alleged military contract is there and khodorkovsky insists indeed the journalists were killed because of the nature of their investigation. do you have any reason to believe that these men were killed because of the work they were doing. in the park yes i think exactly that you. however twist to this screen shots of text messages between the team organizing the trip and the slain journalist which recently surfaced indicates serious mismanagement if true that's prompted called a kosky we can report to hold his support for the investigative journalism group they're working for for a start the group chat in question had the three members of the traveling crew as well as their boss and produces it's believed it was used rig

speculation in the mainstream media that the murders could have been politically motivated and khodorkovsky himself doubled down on those claims do you have any reason to believe that these men were killed because of the work they were doing. yes i think exactly that. however screenshots of text messages between the tivo organizing the trip and the slain journalists which have recently surfaced indicate possible serious managerial lapses that's prompted khodorkovsky to hold his support for the out of the journalists working for jacqueline who could discuss the revelations with correspondent. the group chat featured the three members of the crew and also their boss back at the h.q. plus a couple of producers at this point the screenshots can not shed light on what exactly happened on that tragic day and the probe is of course far from being over but the screen shots allow us to trace the preparations that were actually being undertaken for working in one of the most dangerous countries in africa and also the crew and their people kept using that very same group chat as their means of communi

russian mercenaries in the country russian tycoon and vocal critic of president putin mikhail khodorkovsky sponsored their investigation the reporters were found dead in a bullet ridden car in a remote location now there was speculation in the mainstream media the killings were politically motivated maybe with claims that the russian government was somehow connected with the alleged private contractors operations there could of course key to insisted the journalist were killed because of the investigation they were carrying out do you have any reason to believe that these men were killed because of the work they were doing. in the perk yes i think exactly that. however screenshots of text messages between the team organizing the trip and the slaying journalists which has recently surfaced indicate possible serious managerial lapses must prompted khodorkovsky now to hold his support for the investigative journalism group there working for jacqueline discussed the revelations of a correspondent in. the group chat featured the three members of the current also their boss back at the h.q. plus

which have recently surfaced indicate a possible serious of managerial lapses this is prompted khodorkovsky to hold his support for the output the journalists were working full jacqueline who could discuss the revelations with correspondent. the group chat featured the three members of the current also their boss back at the h.q. plus a couple of producers at this point the screenshots can not shed light on what exactly happened on that tragic day and the probe is of course far from being over but the screen shots allow us to trace the preparations that were actually being undertaken for working in one of the most dangerous countries in africa and also the crew and their people kept using that very same group chat as their means of communication when the trip began and just have a look at some of these elements of the preparations we've got a pretty small press cards in english and also a u.n. sign for the car. make sure you film how you get rid of the press cards do it in a creative way and with commentry so apparently according to these messages from their h.q. faking un credentials was p

credentials was part of the plan yes and by the way the group and the outlands patron mikhail khodorkovsky who you mentioned later claimed that they were working in the central african republic and coordination with the united nations later the u.n. admitted that they knew nothing of it so the plan suggested using their freshly printed press cards at one stage of their travel and then getting rid of them or even burning them at a different stage we cannot tell you what was the purpose of that they knew that they were breaking the law by entering the country on tourist visas as journalists on duty without any accreditation and you might argue that the central african republic is mostly lawless land when given all that your logical assumption would be that they must have had to go to person on the ground then well first of all definitely a proper translator and also a carefully thought through plan but in reality what happened was that they didn't even have the fixers number he didn't show up at the airport and they were never able to get in touch and at the end of the day. basically there w

they thought faking un credentials was a good idea by the way mikhail khodorkovsky who you mentioned he is the out. paid tron he later claimed that the whole trip to the central african republic was coordinated with the un however the united nations said that they knew nothing of it so as we just heard the plan suggested using freshly printed press cards at one stage of the trip and then burning them at another so they knew that they were breaking the law in advance by entering the country with a tourist visa without any accreditation you might say fair enough the.

credentials was a good idea by the way mikhail khodorkovsky who you mentioned he is the out let's pay tron he later claimed that the whole trip to the central african republic was coordinated with the un however the united nations said that they knew nothing of it so as we just heard the plan suggested using freshly printed press cards at one stage of the trip and then burning them at another so they knew that they were breaking the law in advance by entering the country with a tourist visa without any accreditation you might say fair enough the central african republic or most of the country is lawless land ok so your logical assumption would be they must have a go to person on the ground then right well at least a proper translator in this case or again some sort of fixer definitely what i would say is that they should have had a carefully thought through plan the reality though was that they didn't have any confirmed fixers and not even and a tenner and no wonder that was the point when they arrived their problems started piling up one after another and i just want to show you part