Investigation: The Murder of Pavel Sheremet

In spring 2016, Pavel Sheremet, a famous Belarusian journalist, was murdered in Kiev. His murder was as conspicuous as it was scandalous: his car exploded in the middle of the street as he was driving to his office. The official investigation that was declared by the Ukrainian president himself, led by the chief of national police and supervised by the minister of interior, did not bring any good results.

This obvious failure led to his colleagues, journalists from two investigative collectives, Slidstvo.info and the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), to start their own investigation. This documentary shows all the steps of it - from the first shocked reactions and a frantic search for a motive, to the search for all the witnesses and a possible suspect - the Ukrainian Security Service. As with any political murder, the investigation is more than just an interesting criminal story - it is a glimpse into the workings of the highest levels of political power in Ukraine.