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The interview process involved "lots of weird and wonderful tasks", he said, including having to put up a tent while blindfolded and wearing oven mitts.

It also published a video in which he appeared blindfolded and seemingly confessed to various crimes.

They published a video in which he appeared blindfolded and confessed to various crimes.

The pair were blindfolded and handcuffed by four armed men before being driven off to an unknown location, he said.

Mr Kovrig, a former diplomat who was working as a senior advisor for the International Crisis Group think tank at the time, said he was then handcuffed, blindfolded and thrown into a black SUV.