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This is a bit off-topic, but Navalny calling his killer and pranking him into telling all kinds of nasty details of Navalny's own killing attempt is mind-bogging [1]. I am sure this is now part of all secrets services of the world 101 trainings.

Full audio with English transcript: [2].

There is also a bit of background told by Navalny later on, e.g. the name Maxim Sergeevich Ustinov was not really random.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibqiet6Bg38

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlJbwUhIBxE

P.S. fivebooks.com seems to be spamming HN quite regularly.




Best to take a look at the submitting usernames before making that assertion. There’s a lot of variety for this domain, mostly from established accounts. It’s a fairly popular website.


A variety of posters doesn't prove there is no spamming ring.


Correct, but if you looked at the profiles of the submitters you would have immediately seen they were ordinary users, a few with a lot of karma.

I hate to disappoint but it really is just a popular literary site people like to share from time to time.


> Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.


70 submissions in 11 years is not "spamming quite regularly". There's no evidence of promotional submission.


I think the last fivebooks.com link was posted 45 days ago?




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