Why did Sky News sit on this for four years and wait until after his death to share with the public?
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Why did Sky News sit on this for four years and wait until after his death to share with the public?
I don't think they did. It sounds like they just acquired access to a documentary made four years ago.
Now the question could be asked, why wasn't it released back then but I suppose a tonne of documentaries get made but never picked up and distributed, it's just that Navalny's death made it marketable. I imagine quite a few people are scouring their archives for unused footages - it's not going to be as marketable in a month.
Of course, the documentary could have been buried by interested parties but a) it wasn't buried well and b) it doesn't appear to name names or contain anything explosive so...
Ah right, that would make more sense.
murdoch intensifies
Nah, Sky News UK was sold in 2018.
It's now NBC/Sky owned by Comcast.
oh shit I had no idea
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Alexei Navalny once hit out at the "corrupt officials" living in London who allegedly help Vladimir Putin's regime stash dirty money, Sky News can reveal.
In a never-before-seen interview acquired by Sky News, the late Russian opposition leader spoke about his hope for a better future for his country - and the risks he knew he was taking.
The wide-ranging interview takes in his hopes for a Russian future as part of Europe, his personal safety and some tough words for Britain and the West when it came to letting Mr Putin's associates get away with it.
The interview, acquired by Sky News and broadcast for the first time, was shot as part of an unaired documentary series, After The Fall, directed by Matthew Torne and produced by Andrew Duncan.
"These people, they will appear very civilised, we will be pleased to chat with them if they sit next to us, they will be wearing a tie and fine manners, and at the same time they are serving the interests of utter, complete bandits."
The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office paid tribute to Mr Navalny's life exposing Russian corruption.
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