Maksim Borodin was known for reports on private military firm and prison investigationsA Russian investigative journalist who confirmed the deaths of Russian mercenaries in Syria has died after falling from his fifth-floor balcony in the city of Yekaterinburg. He told journalists in 2017 that he had been hit on the head with a metal pipe shortly after giving an interview on the controversial historical romantic drama, Matilda. Polina Rumyantseva told the Guardian reporters from the paper had been in the apartment and did not see any signs of a struggle. “If there’s even a hint of something criminal, we will make it public,” Rumyantseva told Radio Svoboda. “[The] death of journalist Maxim Borodin in #Russia is of serious concern.

Source: The Guardian April 16, 2018 16:07 UTC