Russian Investigative Journalist Dies After Mysterious Fall

Maxim Borodin: Journalist who wrote about Russian mercenaries in Syria died under mysterious circumstances. Photo: e1.ru

Russian reporter Maxim Borodin took the fatal tumble Thursday from his fifth-floor apartment balcony in Yekaterinburg. He died Sunday at a hospital.

The investigative journalist wrote about the recent Russian mercenary deaths in Syria died after a mysterious fall at his home, according to reports.

A day before his fall, Borodin contacted his friend Vyacheslav Bashkov around 5 a.m. and said there were “security forces” outside his apartment in camouflage.

The officers were waiting for a court order to search his apartment, Borodin told his friend. He asked Bashkov to find him a lawyer.

But an hour later, Borodin told Bashkov he was wrong – the men were really just taking part in a sort of security drill.

Borodin’s apartment was found locked from the inside and there was no evidence of forced entry.

The 32-year-old scribe worked for new website Novy Den and wrote about the 7 February deaths of Russian mercenaries known as the “Wagner Group” who were killed in an attack on a US-held base in Syria.

The mercenaries were a mix of Russians and Ukrainians fighting on the side of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Last week, the outgoing head of the CIA, Mike Pompeo, said that "a couple hundred" Russian mercenaries died in the clash in Deir al-Zour province. The mercenaries were apparently taking part in an attack by pro-Syrian government fighters on the headquarters of a US ally, the Syrian Democratic Forces.





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