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Global Crime, Online Sleuths, and the Bold Future of News
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February 27, 2021
We Are Bellingcat: Global Crime, Online Sleuths, and the Bold Future of News | Eliot Higgins | Bloomsbury | 2 March 2021.
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n as bold a move as imaginable, Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, while in a Russian jail, released a video alleging massive corruption on the part of President Vladimir Putin. In a nearly two-hour-long video which, as of this writing, has received 110 million views, Navalny claims that Putin owns a $1.4 billion mansion on the Black Sea, worthy of a Bond villain with an escape hatch, “aquadisco” (whatever that is), and an underground ice skating rink. President Putin, in a highly choreographed interview, denied owning the palace and a childhood friend and judo partner has stepped forward to claim that he was the rightful owner of the compound, which he intends to turn into a luxury resort.