In 2015 werd Boris Nemtsov, de nummer één publieke vijand van Putin, voor het Kremlin neergeschoten en gedood. Hij was een onvermoeibare criticus van Putin, corruptie en oorlog in Oekraïne. Toen werd hij vermoord. Zijn dochter, journaliste Zhanna Nemtsova, en medepresentator Ben Rhodes vertellen zijn verhaal om uit te vinden wat er met een heel land is gebeurd – en wat er daarna gebeurt. Is een ander Rusland mogelijk?
In 2015 Putin’s number one public enemy, Boris Nemtsov, was shot and killed in front of the Kremlin. He was a relentless critic of Putin, corruption, and war in Ukraine. Then, he was assassinated. His daughter, journalist Zhanna Nemtsova, and co-host Ben Rhodes tell his story to find out what happened to an entire country – and what happens next. Is another Russia possible?
Roberto Calvi, a man guarding a dangerous secret about the Vatican Bank’s criminal activities, sends a threatening letter to the Pope. A week later on June 17th, 1982 he’s found dead hanging from a bridge in London. British police call it suicide, but questions and conspiracies swirl. Forty years on, lawyer Nicolo Majnoni gets a tip there might be more to the story and embarks on a quest to uncover the truth. Was Roberto Calvi, aka God’s Banker, killed? And if so, by whom?
Shadow Kingdom is a new series from Crooked Media and Campside Media. Each season starts with a crime, and as the layers are peeled back to find out who or what is at the center of it, a larger system at play is revealed.
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