INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- Since February 2, 2022, shortly before the crisis in Ukraine began, there have been a series of suspicious deaths in Russia and
other countries around the world
tech tycoon, was found dead at a property in Moscow on July 22, 2023
The cause of death has been reported as cardiac arrest.Cherepennikov was among the Russian elites who were put in charge of monitoring
United States sanctions against Russia?, as part of Washington's ongoing efforts to weaken the Russian economy
hours before Cherepennikov death, another Russian billionaire and government official, Igor Kudryakov, was discovered dead in his Moscow
ahead of the European winter energy crisis, were confined to the managers of Russian gas firms.Leonid Shulman, 60, served as the head of the
transport service at Gazprom Invest, which handles investment projects for the energy giant Gazprom
His body was found on January 29, 2022, in the bathroom of a cottage in Vyborgsky district, north of Saint Petersburg, local news
deputy manager for Gazprom, was found dead in the garage of his luxury Saint Petersburg home
Protosenya's assets was estimated to be $440 million.In addition, the body of Vladislav Avayev, a former Kremlin official and ex-vice
president at Gazprombank, was found dead in a Moscow apartment along with the bodies of his wife and daughter on April 18, 2022
Reports say it was suspected that the well-known banker shot dead his pregnant wife and their 13-year-old daughter before committing
Petersburg in July with a gunshot wound to the head
His wife has been cited as saying she believes he was the victim of fraud by his assistants.Dan Rapoport, an oligarch born in Latvia, died
time, Ravil Maganov, the head of a Russian oil company, died on September 1, 2022, after falling from the 6th floor of a building in
Moscow.Later, a prominent graphic designer would fall to his death from a balcony.Meanwhile, at a similar time in France, Russian
billionaire and real estate tycoon, Dmitry Zelenov, fell down a flight of stairs
He passed away at a hospital in Nice.The body of Mikhail Watford, the Russian oil tycoon who made all his fortune from oil and gas, was
found hanging inside the garage of his house in England.Russian oligarch and the general director of a ski resort owned by Gazprom, Andrei
Krukovsky, fell off a cliff to his death last May.The Director of Aviation of the Russian Far East and Arctic Development Corporation
(KRDV), Ivan Pechorin, died after falling out of a motorboat in the Sea of Japan last September
He was tasked by Putin to improve energy and mineral resources in eastern Russia to counter international sanctions
72, died last September after reportedly falling down the stairs inside the institute
He spent 45 years of his life working at the institute.Vasily Melnikov, 43, along with his wife and two sons, were all reportedly stabbed to
death last March in an apparent suicide
He was the owner of the medical equipment supplier company MedStom, and police found him dead in his home in Nizhny Novgorod, western
company in Russia after Gazprom), who was also the vice president of this independent oil giant, fell from a hospital window in
He was found dead at his home in Moscow and reportedly suffocated with a belt in his apartment
three scenarios to be examined: Internal cleansing, suicide or a foreign conspiracy?In the past year and a half, when Russian oligarchs,
businessmen, bureaucrats, etc.
death and suicideAs the crisis between Russia, Ukraine, and the West escalates, Russian oligarchs find themselves at the center of an
whom the Western media called close allies of Putin
retaliation for Moscow's "special military operation" in Ukraine, a matter that can be a reason for depression, natural death or
suicide.Also, in this scenario, it can be argued that at least some of these deaths are natural or accidental, given Russia's very low
life expectancy and high rate of alcoholism
points to a widespread disillusionment among the privileged elites that are dependent on the Russian government and says: "Imagine what
deaths requires the examination of two other scenarios.Putin cleaning the inner ringSome believe that President Putin would not hesitate to
kill anyone who gets in his way or is no longer useful to him
Thereby, some believe that he is clearing his inner circle
Sometimes, the goal is to eliminate a troublesome person.From the point of view of the supporters of this argument, the Russian government
acts like an octopus that identifies and destroys all opponents around the world with its powerful arms and sophisticated
intelligence.Terror campaign by the West aimed at weakening RussiaSupporters of this scenario believe that most of the people who died
suspiciously during this period are Putin's relatives, even Anton Cherepennikov, who suffered a cardiac arrest in recent days
He was one of the key figures in Putin's spying operation for cleansing, and his name was on the United States sanctions list
country in order to make the anti-Russia sanctions more effective; those who can help the Kremlin soften the sanctions
oligarchs can create a platform for division and dissension within Russian territory.This comes at the time of continued and escalating
