Russian Journalist Found Dead on Roadside After Blasting Kremlin

A Russian journalist has been found dead near a highway in the Rostov region just days after slamming the Kremlin’s “reconstruction” efforts in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which was obliterated by Russian troops who claimed to be “liberating” it.

Alexander Rybin, 39, freelanced for pro-Kremlin media outlets while working for the left-wing outlet Rabkor. His body was found Sunday near the city of Shakhty, with investigators immediately dismissing any suspicions about his death in comments to state-run media and claiming that he’d died of cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle.

“What happened to him is unknown. And perhaps we will never know the whole truth about this story. Sudden death from natural causes? Sasha did not give the impression of being sick and never complained about his health. And if he was killed, then who did it, why and how?” Rabkor wrote in announcing his death.

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