stations, life.ru, connected to the russian security services, was their suspiciously close after he fell, almost as if they must have known something was going to happen. and so we view this very suspiciously, very skeptically. i can only say i m deeply relieved that he survived whatever this attempt was, because it was just unbelievable, a guy falling down four stories and surviving. obviously there s a question about whether or not the cases, the ones he was due to testify in in russia, the federal court case in new york, the other investigations surrounding this case, whether they proceed and whether they re harmed by witnesses apparently being targeted here. i have to ask you just personally, with your activism and the way you have spoken out on this issue and the way you have advocated so aggressively on this subject for these years now, are you worried about being targeted? very, very much so.
he s got all of his mental facilities. he s not paralyzed. he s got a few broken bones. it looks like this man went down four stories and survived, which is just a miracle. do you have any greater understanding about the circumstances under which this happened? obviously there have been conflicting claims. russian state supported media are saying this is all an accident, it s all a big misunderstanding. there is definitely no funny business here. can you shed any light on those details? well, i don t think it s an accident. as you mentioned, he was due to give evidence the next day on a massive conspiracy between russian organized crime and russian police to cover up the details of the magnitsky case. people don t just fall out of their apartments on the fourth floor by accident. and what was even more suspicious is that one of the tv stations, life.ru, connected to
russian organized crime and russian police to cover up the details of the magnitsky case. people don t just fall out of their apartments on the fourth floor by accident. and what was even more suspicious is that one of the tv stations, life.ru, connected to the russian security services, was their suspiciously close after he fell, almost as if they must have known something was going to happen. and so we view this very suspiciously, very skeptically. i can only say i m deeply relieved that he survived whatever this attempt was, because it was just unbelievable, a guy falling down four stories and surviving. obviously there s a question about whether or not the cases, the ones he was due to testify in in russia, the federal court case in new york, the other investigations surrounding this case, whether they proceed and whether they re harmed by witnesses apparently being