insider, basically. he was happy to be part of vladimir putin's rubber stamp parliament. he was close to power. he was a favored member of the russian elite in pro-putin circles. he was apparently involved in, a beneficiary of the corruption that involved putin that helped him keep his power all these years. but something curdled and he flipped on them and they came after him and he went into exile. he was planning to start a non-government organization focusing on corruption. no he was not just a regular dissident. he was a guy who had been very recently on the inside. he was in a position to know what he was talking about in that regard, including giving legal testimony which he'd already done and planned to do more. but he won't be able to do that now. his assassination today ends all of that. his assassination today comes two days after another russian figure who was due to testify in u.s. federal court in may in a case run out of the office of preet bharara, the u.s. attorney fired by the trump