The journalist is sure that the tragedy could have been avoided if his friend had turned to the law enforcement agencies in time with a request to provide personal protection.
Former colleague Vladislav Listyev Dmitry Zakharov named the reason for his murder and revealed the identity of the alleged customer. The journalist explained that at present he is already dead and was found in London "hanged" … According to "Starhit", we are talking about the businessman Boris Berezovsky.
- When it became clear that TV revenue was generated from advertising, there were many intermediaries who wanted to earn income from advertising. And the average annual budget for a meter channel, even at that time, was a quarter of a billion dollars. Vlad began to receive calls with threats and demands to lift the moratorium, but [he] could not do this,”Listyev's former colleague said in an interview with Mix TV Youtube channel.
Zakharov noted that the TV presenter had committed a huge stupidity and did not turn to the police at that moment, as he was sure of his immunity and that the calls from unknown persons would end.
- A percentage of this quarter of a billion was lost to all of us a well-known person who was found hanged in London. That is, it was so obvious that, in fact, there was nothing to investigate. But since he was a friend of Tatyana Dyachenko, that is, Yeltsin's daughter, it is clear that even he got away with this, - explained Zakharov.
At the same time, the journalist drew attention to the fact that considering Listyev as a manager and believing that he made decisions about finances was stupid - his position as ORT general director was nominal.
Recall that TV presenter Vladislav Listyev was shot dead by two unknown persons on March 1, 1995 at the entrance of his own house, when he was returning from work. The first bullet hit the forearm, the second hit the head. This murder became one of the most notorious in the 1990s and is still unsolved.
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