The family hiding in the bush after leaking Russian secrets
Nick Stride鈥檚 family had to learn to hunt, fish and deal with deadly animals in the wilds of Australia鈥檚 bush after leaking secret financial records of Putin鈥檚 one-time Deputy.
Nick Stride said too much about his former boss, one of Putin鈥檚 closest allies.
Nick Stride, a builder from the UK, feared for his family鈥檚 safety after discovering alleged financial corruption while building First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov鈥檚 140-million-dollar mansion in Moscow. Worried that his every movement was being watched, he hatched a plan to get out and put as much distance as possible between his loved ones and his former boss. They chose Australia. Nick then passed the secret accounting documents he鈥檇 taken to an investigative reporter, but by the time it came to publish, Nick and his family鈥檚 claim for political asylum in Australia was rejected. Seeing no way out, the family went on the run, hiding out amongst the snakes and crocodiles of the country鈥檚 unforgiving Dampier peninsula, every morning expecting a truck to pull up and tear his family apart.
The book about his odyssey is called Run For Your Life, by Sue Williams.
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