曾报道雇佣兵死亡事件的俄罗斯记者坠楼身亡

A Russian investigative journalist who wrote about the deaths of mercenaries in Syria has died in hospital after falling from his fifth-floor flat.

日前，一名撰写了关于叙利亚雇佣军死亡事件的俄罗斯调查记者，在从五楼的公寓坠落后，于医院中去世。

Maxim Borodin was found badly injured by neighbours in Yekaterinburg and taken to hospital, where he later died.

马克西姆·博罗丁是被其在叶卡捷琳堡的邻居发现严重受伤后送往的医院，但后来还是死于医院。

Local officials said no suicide note was found but the incident was unlikely to be of a criminal nature.

当地官员表示并没有发现遗书，但该事件不太可能是犯罪行为。

However, a friend revealed Borodin had said his flat had been surrounded by security men.

不过，据博罗丁的一位朋友透露，博罗丁曾说过自己的公寓被武装人员所包围。

Vyacheslav Bashkov described Borodin as a "principled, honest journalist" and said Borodin had contacted him at five o'clock in the morning on 11 April saying there was "someone with a weapon on his balcony and people in camouflage and masks on the staircase landing".

这位名叫弗亚切斯拉夫·巴什科夫的友人将博罗丁描述为一位“有原则，诚实的记者”，并表示博罗丁在4月11日早晨五点与他联系，称他的阳台上有拿着武器的人，楼梯口也有人穿着迷彩服、戴着面具。

Harlem Désir of the international monitoring organisation OSCE said the death was "of serious concern" and called for a thorough investigation.

国际监测机构欧安组织的哈勒姆·戴齐尔表示，这起死亡事件“令人非常关切”，并要求进行彻底调查。

Journalists in Russia have often been harassed or attacked in recent years for their work. On the same day that Maxim Borodin was found fatally injured, the editor of an official regional newspaper was assaulted in Yekaterinburg, reports say.

俄罗斯记者近年来经常因其工作受到骚扰或攻击。有报道称，就在马克西姆·博罗丁受到致命伤的同一天，一家官方的地区报社的编辑在叶卡捷琳堡遭到了袭击。