A number of Russian officials, businessmen or other prominent figures with ties to the Kremlin have died in the 18 months since Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine
Although their cause of deaths have never been officially confirmed, multiple high-profile individuals are reported to have died after falling from windows in the 18 months since Russia’s invasion began.Kristina Baikova, a 28-year-old vice-president at Moscow-based Loko-Bank.
In February, Marina Yankina – the 58-year-old head of the Russian Defence Ministry’s financial support department for the Western Military District, who played a key role in funding Russia’s war efforts in Ukraine – fell 16 floors from her high-rise apartment window in St Petersburg. Two others with ties to Putin, the Kremlin or Russia’s top business sectors to have met a similar fate in 2022 were Ravil Maganov and Dan Rapaport.
Also recently suffering sudden falls resulting in their death were: Andrei Krukovsky, director of a Sochi ski resort where Putin is said to have repeatedly invited guests, who fell off a cliff while hiking in May 2022;, the former head of the Moscow Aviation Institute, who fell down flights of stairs at the institute in September 2022; Grigory Kochenov, creative director of large Russian IT company ‘Agima’, who reportedly walked off the balcony of his home in western Russia in December 2022;...
The very next day, fellow Russian millionaire Sergey Protosenya, was found hanged in a rental home in Spain. The wife and daughter of the former deputy chairman of Novatek were also found inside the Spanish villa in April 2022, reportedly stabbed to death.
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