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AreYou4realRightNow t1_jeali3d wrote

Reply to comment by ParanoidFactoid in Russian secret service seizes Wall Street Journal journalist who wrote about Wagner Group by 9lobaldude

According to other comments he has lived there for 6 years.

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PumpkinManGuy t1_jebviy9 wrote

So he somehow thought he wouldn't get snatched up?

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xtossitallawayx t1_jecaqk9 wrote

More like, he accepted the risk of getting snatched up because he felt that reporting from inside Russia was valuable and worth the risk.

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Incandescent_Anon t1_jecfxaj wrote

Professionals at the highest level of their craft often accept a higher level of risk than a normal person would consider prudent.

It doesn't matter if its Jim Cantore standing in a hurricane, dodging the tree limbs, or a journalist standing behind enemy lines cataloging the illegal actions as the freedom to do so erodes beneath him.

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