Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Russian top executives have been dropping
like flies. And with almost all victims, the way that happened is very
suspicious. This is no different with the last victim: Pavel Antov (66), a
wealthy sausage manufacturer.
Antov was found dead at an Indian hotel in the city of Odisha where he had just
celebrated his 66th birthday. According to Russian media, the wealthy owner of a
meat processing plant fell out of his hotel room window on Sunday. A remarkable
story, especially when you know that Vladimir Budanov, a friend of Antov, lost
his life two days earlier during the same trip. He reportedly suffered a stroke.
According to Vivekananda Sharma, superintendent of the Odesha police, Antov was
depressed by the death of his friend and committed suicide. The Russian consul
in Kolkata told the Tass news agency that police see "no criminal elements" in
these tragic events.
The death of millionaire Antov and his companion need not come as a complete
surprise. They are the umpteenth in the row of Russian prominent people who have
died in recent months. The causes of death that are given are often vague or
sometimes simply very absurd. It is suspected that the Russians themselves are
behind the many victims. The most common theory is that many top men were killed
for criticizing the war.
That could also have been the case with Antov, who was active as a local
politician in the city of Vladimir. In June, a WhatsApp message from him leaked
in which he appeared to condemn a missile attack on Kiev. "It is extremely
difficult to call all this anything other than terrorism," he wrote. Although
Antov later denied that the message came from him and professed himself
extensively as a fan of Putin, the damage was probably already done by then.
These Russian top people also met their "tragic" end in recent months:
Yuri Voronov (61) - CEO of a transport company
shot dead in private swimming pool
Alexander Tyulakov (61) - Gazprom finance and security officer
hanged
Leonid Shulman (60) - head of transportation at Gazprom Invest
stabbed
Alexander Subbotin (43) - CEO Lukoil
cardiac arrest after poisoning
Vladislav Avayev (51) - former Kremlin official
poisoned along with wife and daughter
Sergei Protosenja (55) - oligarch and CEO at natural gas company Novatek
hanged after wife and daughter were killed with an ax
Ravil Maganov (67) - chairman of the board of directors of Lukoil
fall from the hospital window
Vladimir Sungorkin (68) - editor-in-chief pro-Kremlinkrant
stroke
Dmitry Zelenov (50) - owner of real estate company
fall down stairs
Dan Rapoport (52) - exiled businessman who lived in Washington
falls from the window
Vladimir Lyakishev (45) - restaurant chain owner
shot dead
Andrei Krukovsky (37) - director at construction company
fell off a cliff
Vasili Melnikov (50) - medical company owner
stabbed to death along with wife and two children
Ivan Pechorin (39) - director of the Society for the Development of the
Far East (KRDV)
drowned after falling from a yacht
Vjacheslav Taran (53) - crypto billionaire
crashed with a helicopter
Pavel Pchelnikov (52) - CEO of Russian railways
suicide
Alexander Buzakov (66) - director of shipping company
cause of death unknown
Nikolai Petrunin (47) - top manager at Gazprom and member of the energy
committee of the Russian parliament
complications after covid infection
It ain't healthy being a successful businessperson in Russia
--- DB4 - MidniteSpecial
* Origin: Many Glacier - Preserve / Protect / Conserve (2:292/854)
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