st. petersburg. now, again, these could all be unconnected individual cases of murder and suicide. both domestic violence, and suicide are unfortunately common things around the world. but these cases deserve a little bit of context. usa incredible report back in 2017 in which they documented 38 cases of prominent russians who had died suspiciously in the previous three years. they included ten high-profile critics of putin, seven diplomats, six associates of kremlin powerbrokers, 13 military or political leaders involved and the conflict over eastern ukraine, 12 were shot, stabbed, or beaten to death. six were blown up. one died of mysterious head injuries, one reportedly slipped and hit his head in a public bat, one was hanged in a jail cell, and one died after drinking coffee, and quote. the other 16 were reported as either natural causes, or unknown. the committee to protect journalists says that in the 22 years that putin has been in power, 25 russian journalists have been murdered. a whole bunch of them apparently just fell out of windows. on april 10th, i interviewed the russian opposition leader, he has been poisoned twice by the kremlin. on april 11th, the day after we spoke with him from moscow, he was arres