In Moscow, the murder of political journalist
Marissa Akhmetova marks a sad milestone
in the disappearance of Russian independent press,
We can't get Sugalov out of Russia
through official channels obviously,
but we've done three extraction operations like this
in the past six months,
And I gotta tell you, it doesn't always go smoothly,
We just need a few hours to question him about Kinshasa,
The official justification
is they consider him a potential war criminal,
But if you want my opinion,
they also don't want to risk a diplomatic incident
with Russia,
Sure, Guess we'll just incur their wrath instead, huh?
Listen to me,
Sergej's Association is called Civic Resistance,
has helped thousands of Russian soldiers
flee the country,
I already promised Sugalov asylum in the UK,
We need to deliver, or he won't talk,
It is possible that the British Intelligence Service
will offer him asylum in exchange for information,
But the interview is,,, crucial,
Then-then he will pay for whatever he's done?
What he's done is he participated
in the assassination of a president,
We need to find out what he knows
about Josh's death,
Are you sure you want to go through with this?
Sergej is right, you guys, you-you know,
honestly, you are too emotionally involved with this,
Perhaps we need to send the professionals in for this one,
Given what happened in Budapest with Julia,,,
No way, No, it needs to be me,
And Aaron,
And Julia would have said the same,
Well, I'm concerned leaving you alone with him,
Sugalov called us, So it's, it's us he wants to talk to,
And we just, we can't afford to take any more risks,
We are doing it, Maya, It's this or nothing,
Take a minute to think about this, all of you,
- Okay for me, - Yeah, I agree,
- Yeah, - Yeah,
This is crazy,
- Okay, - Okay,
I'm gonna prepare everything and call you later,
Thanks,
I have something for you,
He would have loved for you to have something of him,
We will find out who killed Josh,
Ladies and gentlemen,
we have begun our descent in Riga,
Your car's ready,
Ah,
Great,
Hi, Etienne, Ah, I'm putting you on speaker,
Hey, guys, This is your guardian angel speaking,
It's just to check a few details with you, First--
Okay, Yeah, we know,
Uh, Take out the SIM cards, so we can't be located,
A leap into darkness,
No, you're not in total darkness,
because I am here, too,
Yeah, we know,
The chalet that I rented for the meeting
is located in a small bay,
uh, in the middle of a nature reserve,
some 25 kilometres away from the Russian-Latvian border,
They even have a sauna and installed webcams
to capture the local wildlife,
The small birds, big birds, the owls, Beautiful,
And, um, yeah, it broadcasts on their website,
Great,
So I can watch the chalet
and see if anything goes wrong,
So you're-you're not alone, my friends,
So at 1:00 PM,
we're going to start to interview Sugalov,
At 6:00 PM, Sergej, you will come and extract him,
I understand you want the interview,
but you have to take precautions,
Search him, in case he is armed,
I have some bad news,
Sugalov cannot enter the UK directly,
We have to make sure this whole operation
abides by the European law,
So first, Sugalov has to apply for asylum in Latvia,
He won't be happy the plan has changed,
Okay, guys, now you have to switch off,
Do you think Sugalov is already there?
Only one way to find out,
The meeting was supposed to start half an hour ago,
He should have been here by now,
The border's over there,
And,,, they got instructions to come from this direction, but,,,
I don't know,
Aaron,
Who the fuck is that?
We need to search you,
Turn around, Arms up,
Like this,
The backpack,
Mm-hmm,
Etienne?
What do you want?
I'm sexting, you're interrupting the flow,
Sugalov has arrived, it's a little bit of a mess,
And Mbemba is now running for President,
Turn on GM news channel,
I will fight for my country,
The race is, uh, not over yet,
Oh, Lusamba's deputy, huh?
- No time wasted, - Yeah,
Mr, Mbemba, is it true that after you've been elected,
you're going to pass a law to nationalize the mines?
Well, you see, nationalisation is ideal,
as conceived by Mr, Lusam-Samba,
Um, but we can do it more gradually,
Everything Lusamba stood for is,,,
is gone now,
But why reverse Lusamba's key policy?
No nationalisation means
the profits can go to the highest bidder,
not to the Congolese people,
Ah!
- Godverdomme, - What?
Did I miss something? You're not Buddhist anymore?
Huh? Yeah, well, godverdomme sounds better, huh?
It's the "khhh" sound,
By the way, Lucas,
It's always me who's calling,
And you never ask me any question,
Uh,,, "Etienne, how are you doing today?" Never,
'Cause I already know what you're doing,
You're there in your boomer bunker,
eating lame-ass candies, watching lame-ass movies,
while meanwhile our friends confront a mercenary,
Okay, Fuck you!
May I?
It's not for you,
Here's what's going to happen now,
We're gonna record your testimony,
In the meantime, Sergej arrives from Riga with a lawyer,
And then, you will hand yourself over
to the Latvian authorities,
We agreed,,,
that I would turn myself in
once I had been granted safe passage to the UK,
far from this pit of snake,
Yes, We know, We tried,
That's not possible,
We can't just bypass Latvian authorities,
Maya Jansen, at Globecom Media,
She's got contacts at MI6,
And then I'll get in touch with the Latvian Secret Service
to arrange passage,
Latvian Secret Service? And who would they be?
Three poor farmers,
Look at me,
She wasn't part of the deal either,
If I left her in Moscow, it was only a matter of time
before some FSB psychopath kidnapped her,
We will figure out what happens to you,
when Sergej arrives, Okay?
But first, we have an interview to do,
and you have an agreement to honour,
No statement,,,
no deal,
No,
I will only do it,,,
when I'm sure we are safe,
Josh wasn't much older than your daughter,
Wait, What?
Who are they talking about? What did you do?
Do you think he could run away?
No,
He's not stupid,
Mm-hmm,
Okay,
Can I sit here?
I'm Nadia, I'm from London,
I'm Arielle, I'm from Nantes,
Nice to meet you,
- I'm here with a group of DJs, - Really?
We're on tour in France,
Just for a few days,
You should come and join us,
Sure,
Did you know that female owls
are cheating on their husbands
because of global warming? Did you know that?
What?
Listen, Listen,
"The mother of the young will have all the genes necessary
to survive the climate change,"
Yes, my friend,,,
No?
Okay, I got, I gotta meet someone,
- I'll talk to you later, okay? - What?
- - Bye, - Where
Where the fuck are you going?
That's cool,
- Yes, sure, - Um, Professor Ashton,
- Some time in the afternoon, - Hi, Hi,
- Send me an e-mail, - Bye, bye,
And I'll answer, Okay? Bye,
- Bye! - See you tomorrow,
Sorry, Uh, I just wanted to say, great lecture,
- Just, great, - Thank you,
Um, I was, I was wondering
if maybe I could ask you some more questions
on the rare earth materials?
It's, uh, it's for my thesis,
- Sure, - Yeah?
Although, I don't recall mentioning it in the lecture,
Yeah, um,
but I was kind of hoping for it,
Uh, uh,,,
But then again, you haven't been writing about it
since 2008, right?
What did you say your thesis was on about again?
Uh, electric cars,
Right,
I was about to grab some coffee,
Are you okay to walk?
Yeah,
Okay,
My mother used to work in a sauna,
In the biggest public baths in Moscow,
I don't wanna hear,
I wanna know what happened in Kinshasa,
Who killed Joshua?
And why?
You remind me of my daughter,
You think,,,
you are fighting for truth, for democracy,,,
for some other big words,
But instead, you just give vent to your personal rages,
No, I fight for what's right,
You shouldn't judge me,
We would both die for what we believe, wouldn't we?
Uh, you're not better than me,
We are not the same,
I would never harm someone,,, for my beliefs,
I only defended brothers,
And I lost many of them,
I lost the man I loved,
Who killed him?
The moment Sergej assures me that,,,
that my daughter,,,
will be safe,
I will tell you,
I promise,
Sergej will be here by 6:00,
- Lithium,,, - Yes,
,,,was central to the composition of batteries,
My first articles were about that,
I know that, I've read them,
But then, but then my attention shifted to another mineral,
one that would really change the shape our world to come,
- Coltan? - Exactly,
Uh-huh,
Major countries and companies have been in
on this gold rush for years,
Not many of us realised its potential clearly,
But the use of internet and mobile phones
were taking root in our daily lives,
The more essential they became, the more coltan was needed,
And look at what we have now,
Millions of electric bikes, and e-cars, and,,,
- Could have been a billionaire, - Yes,
Both of you,
Come on,
It doesn't take a great researcher to realise
that the co-author of many of your old articles
was Moises Mbemba,,,
who is now the official presidential candidate
in the Congo, following the Lusamba poisoning,
Mbemba and I haven't spoken for years,
Are you sure about that?
I'd like to know more about your former friend,
I don't know who you are,
but this conversation is over,
- Whoa, - This is ridiculous,
Professor, come on,
Now, ho-hold on a second, okay? Okay, Okay,
I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm sorry, I, I'm-I'm not a student, okay?
I'm an online investigative journalist,
- I'm a member of the Kollective, - God,
My friend was murdered in Kinshasa
and it has something to do with the mines,
I'm not out to get you, Okay?
But I do think that you can help us,
Please,
God, why am I doing this?
Come here,
Right here, Here,
Moises Mbemba started consulting for private mining companies,
And I didn't like that, I didn't agree with that,
I didn't like the people he worked for,
W-w-who-who-who? Mercenaries? Russians--
- Both, - Okay,
Uh, th-then what?
Then we had a fight, and we never saw each other again,
Not until that conference,
We had a few drinks together, a few too many,
and he told me that something big was about to happen,
And now it's clear what he meant,
What? That he was gonna run for President?
He-he-he's gonna run for President
and hand over control of the coltan mines to the Russians?
Thank you,
I hope I won't regret this,
I can't stand it,
Being stuck here waiting,
I know,
But in one hour, we will know
if Sugalov knows anything about Josh's death,
Some nights, I feel completely numb,
And then, at other times,
I feel this acute pain,
Yeah,
Most of the time, I don't,,, know
how to feel at all,
But getting away helps,
Some distraction,
I guess,
I don't wanna lose anyone else,
You're not gonna lose me,
I'm here,
What was that? Where is Sugalov?
Hello, Sergej? It's Etienne,
I know they are under attack,
I've already called the police, I'm on my way,
- Did you hear that? - Yes,
- I need to find my father, - We'll deal with it later,
Where is he?
What's up?
- I think I saw something, Sh, - I need to find my,,,
Listen, I need to find my father,
I need to go out and just,,,
Stay down! Stay down!
Everybody, stay down,
- Fucking hell! - Ah! Papa!
- Papa! Papa! - It's okay,
Anna, Anna, stay down,
Anna, are you okay?
You need to go,
Go,
Let's go, hurry up!
Let's go,
Fuck,
Go,
He can't stay here, We need him,
- Go, I'll hold them off, - Get down,
- Papa, - You need to go,
- I need to know what happened! - We have to go!
No!
Get down!
Papa!
Jesus, are you okay?
We're fine, we're okay,
Sugalov's,,,
He died,
He didn't talk,
I didn't manage to, uh,,,
to get the interview, to get,,,
to get justice for Josh,
The most important thing is that you guys are safe, Yeah?
We will find another lead, We always do,
Okay,
Ms, Harris, follow me,
What did they say?
They told me that this Sergej's,,,
Sergej's association
has contacted the Latvian government
for political asylum,
They're going to take me to Riga,
You know, I,,,
I should have known,
I should have asked more questions,
and instead, I just,
I just played dumb,
And I,,,
I fucking lied to myself,
All the time,
Like,,, Like he did,
I always,,, try to remind myself that,,,
they don't define who we are,
Unless we let them,
Your father took you out,,,
to give you a choice,
Start from there,
To move forward,
Mr, Bertel, Will you please come?
Mm-hmm,
Uh, excuse me?
Uh, is there a computer I could use for a moment?
You will be escorted to the airport,
The patrol is watching on CCTV for the man you described,
Okay?
Our flight leaves in an hour, We need to go,
I think,,, this belongs to you,
You can use this computer,
Thank you,
No, please, please, please, No! No!
No, no, no, please, Please, Please,
Here's my number,