OF GETTING KILLED.
TAKE A LOOK. 
>> GIVEN THE WORRYING CONNECTION
BETWEEN ANGERING VLADIMIR PUTIN 
AND BAD THINGS HAPPENING, ARE 
YOU CONCERNED?
>> ME?
>> YEAH. 
>> ABOUT MYSELF?
>> YEAH, YOU'RE A PAIN IN THE 
ASS. 
>> I AM CONCERNED GENERALLY.
GENERALLY.
I WANT TO TELL MY FAMILY HOW 
MUCH MORE CONCERNED THAN ME.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE CONCERNED 
EVERY MINUTE, THAT'S THE BEST 
WAY TO BE KILLED. 
>> WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LIKE 
EVERYBODY ELSE?
WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE -- WHY 
MAKE LIFE DIFFICULT FOR 
YOURSELF?
>> THIS IS GOOD QUESTION.
FIRST, I AM WELL KNOWN GUY.
AND THIS IS A SAFETY BECAUSE IF 
THIS IS HAPPENS TO ME, IT WILL 
BE A SCANDAL NOT ONLY HERE BUT 
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 
>> ANTHONY BOURDAIN JOINS NOW.
HE THOUGHT HIS NOTORIETY WOULD 
PROTECT HIM.
A
AND HE WAS WRONG.
>> HE DIDN'T SEEM CONCERNED WHEN
I HAD DINNER WITH HIM.
I THINK HE REALLY ENJOYED BEING 
WHO HE WAS.
HE WAS FULLY AWARE OF THE DANGER
OF THE SITUATION IN GENERAL AND 
I THINK HE WAS NOT SURPRISED BY 
THE CORRUPTION AND THE EXTENT OF
THE CORRUPTION GOING ON AROUND 
HIM, BUT I, YOU HEARD WHAT HE 
SAID.
I THINK HE BELIEVED HIS STATURE,
HIS POSITION, HIS INTERNATIONAL 
PROFILE WOULD PROTECT HIM. 
>> I TALKED TO GARY KASPAROV A 
FEW DAYS AGO AND DESCRIBED HIM 
AS A LARGER THAN LIFE CHARACTER.
>> HANDSOME, COCKY, SURE OF 
HIMSELF, INCREDIBLY SMART GUY, 
FUNNY.
A DANGEROUS MAN TO, YOU KNOW, 
PEOPLE WHO HE'S CRITICIZING.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT THAT 
VLADIMIR PUTIN WAS BEHIND THIS, 
EITHER DIRECTLY OR -- 
>> NEMTSOV MAINTAINS THAT IT IS 
A CRIMINAL CULTURE, ESSENTIALLY.
HE SAYS ELSEWHERE IN THE 
INTERVIEW, THE STATE, THE 
SCANDINAVIANS HAVE A PROBLEM 
WITH THE CULTURE.
IT IS THE WAY BUSINESS IS DONE.
HE INSISTS THAT IT IS 
ESSENTIALLY A CRIMINAL 
ENTERPRISE.
ANY CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE I KNOW 
OF, IF YOU WORKED FOR A NEW YORK
CRIME FAMILY AND YOU SHOT 
SOMEBODY AND LEFT THEM ON THE 
FRONT ROOM OF THE BOSS WITHOUT 
HIS OK, BAD THINGS WOULD 
PROBABLY HAPPEN TO YOU.
I PUT IT TO NEMTSOV AT ONE 
POINT.
THERE'S NO MYSTERY.
SOMEBODY POISONED THIS OPPONENT 
OF A LOUD CRITIC OF PUTIN IN 
CENTRAL LONDON WITH RADIOACTIVE 
PULONIUM.
AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE 
RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE WAS 
INTRODUCED TO THIS MAN. 
>> JUST AS WITH NEMTSOV, HE 
COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A DARK
ALLEY SOMEWHERE NEAR HIS HOUSE.
>> RIGHT. 
>> HE WAS SHOT INSIDE OF THE 
KREMLIN. 
>> I THINK THE STATE OF MIND IS 
WHOEVER DID THIS WANTS EVERYONE 
TO KNOW, ASSUMES KNOWS AND IS 
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