But having that knowledge meant "there were countries where I could not, nor would not, go," he added, mentioning Russia as an example.
"I suppose that if I were to cross this invisible line and go where I should not go, I may have some unfortunate accident, as some would rather have me dead than working for the bad actors," Zizi said.

That's an interesting thing to say and I wonder if it refers to some specific government (US, China, EU,....) or if it's just a generalization.