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Why did Sky News sit on this for four years and wait until after his death to share with the public?
I don't think they did. It sounds like they just acquired access to a documentary made four years ago.
Now the question could be asked, why wasn't it released back then but I suppose a tonne of documentaries get made but never picked up and distributed, it's just that Navalny's death made it marketable. I imagine quite a few people are scouring their archives for unused footages - it's not going to be as marketable in a month.
Of course, the documentary could have been buried by interested parties but a) it wasn't buried well and b) it doesn't appear to name names or contain anything explosive so...
Ah right, that would make more sense.
murdoch intensifies
Nah, Sky News UK was sold in 2018.
It's now NBC/Sky owned by Comcast.
oh shit I had no idea