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So too in russia putin critic alexei navalny poisoned, nearly killed in 2020. there is no evidence they were putin critics. there is evidence, however, that despite kremlin demands for loyalty among the elite some previously silent putin allies are coming out against him. today as putins war polarizes russians for and against, suspicions of shady kremlin killings will likely linger long after moskows investigators close the case. nic robertson, cnn, brussels. >> you heard nic mention alexi naval...

Separate jurisdictions, separate investigations. waiting to hear more. >> still tough to believe its just a coincidence those two, a few days apart. nic, one more thing. new cases, new target luxury items from russia. what types of items are we talking about here? >> reporter: were not talking about the average item. were talking here about silver, talking about caviar. luxury items is what the british government is taxing. theyre putting or increasing the tariffs on. theyre putting an increased...

Russias past with these kind of random deaths are saying this cant be a coincidence. what more are you learning? >> reporter: yeah, the spanish investigators are continuing with their investigation. the russian investigators into vladislav avayevs death, say this appears to be a murder/suicide case to them. this appears to be, if you will, certainly a rational from the kremlin that there is nothing to see here, if you will, that there should be no nefarious -- suggestions of nefarious activity. ...

Are criticizing the kremlin and president putin. theres certainly been a number of deaths associated with that in the past. its not clear that they have spoken out about president putin, but certainly theres an atmosphere of towing the kremlin line being pushed in russia right now. >> absolutely. nic, thank you so much. joining me now is ceo of hermitage capital management. one of the largest foreign investors in russia until he exposed kremlin corruption in 2005. author of a new book "freezing ...

Suicides. both involving former russian gas executives. they were found dead alongside their families within a 24 hour period. the bodies of one along with his wife and daughter discovered in spain. the other along with his wife and daughter were found dead in moscow. cnns nic robertson is following this for us. he joins us now. nic, what are the details here and who are these men? >> reporter: the details are a bit gruesome. 55 years old, former oil executive in russia. living in a house just o...

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Cnns nic robertson is live with more. nic, how is it having a russian speak out so directly with putin about this war? >> hes a big oligarch, he runs a bank, he sponsors a cycle team in europe. hes been in the past a pretty good voice inside of russia close to putin. not clear if hes so close right now and certainly his comments right now are the biggest criticism that president putin has faced for this war. he calls the war insane. he says the generals are waking up from a hangover to realize t...

Crimes. it must be punished. >> cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson standing by live for us in brussels. nic, the symbolism of visiting kyiv is important, anything else, any substance to come of this? >> reporter: michel promising a donor conference the 5th of may, the world bank involved, sweden and poland along with the eu. he said they would be putting it together. so important financial assistance he said that would continue to flow to ukraine for humanitarian, the military com...

Planes were getting, i wont go into the details of the support were getting, but he did say that the support coming from western countries, the military support, is, in his words, getting warmer. so hes a little happier with the military effort thats coming his way. >> that is very interesting. much more to come on that for sure. nic, its good to see you. thank you so much. also developing this hour, wikileaks founder juliana assane is one step closer to extradition to the uk government. wikil...

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