Shortly after the conflict began Oligarchs Vladislav Avayev and Sergey Protosenya, were both found with their murdered families. Their deaths were written off as murder-suicides.
Yuri Demin, 62, the former head of the State Inspectorate for Road Safety, tragically fell from the 2nd floor of his summer home.
Marina Yankina, 59, was head of the Russian defense ministry’s financial support department. She criticized the Kremlin for Russian losses in Ukraine. And days later, fell from a window in St. Petersburg.
Alexander Buzakov, the 66-year-old Director General of the Admiralty Shipyards for the United Shipbuilding Company, died in December 2022.
No cause of death was reported for the wealthy businessman. A report from TASS, the Russian state-run news agency said only his passing was “untimely” and tragic.
On Christmas 2022 Pavel Antov, a Russian politician critical of Putin’s invasion, was found dead in India after a fall from a window. His death occurred two days after his friend, Vladimir Bidenov, was found dead in a room at the same hotel.
