A female Russian bank executive was found dead under mysterious circumstances last week. She is reportedly another victim of the so-called “Russian Sudden Death Syndrome” which has claimed more than 50 victims since Russia invaded Ukraine.

It's hard to get an exact number of deaths since they are taking place all over the globe at an alarming rate.

Kristina Baikova, 28, died at approximately 3 AM on the morning of June 24 in Moscow after she plunged from her 11th-floor apartment window down to the street below. Her death 

Baikova was the vice president of Loko-Bank, a universal commercial bank in Moscow.

Before taking up her role at Loko-Bank, Baikova was a Moscow Credit Bank (MCB) officer.

Russian Sudden Death Syndrome

Russian news outlets claim the glamorous banker was having drinks with a friend in the moments leading up to her devastating and mysterious death.

According to the “friend” identified only as a 34-year-old male named Andrei, the pair were chatting and drinking together on Friday evening inside Baikova’s Moscow apartment. Unexpectedly, around 3 AM the young bank executive stepped out onto the apartment balcony.

She then reportedly fell and plunged 11 floors down to the Khodynsky Boulevard sidewalk below.

Andrei reportedly called an ambulance immediately, but Baikova was ultimately declared dead at the scene from her injuries.

According to Moscow police Baikova’s demise is being investigated.

Russian Sudden Death Syndrome

Baikova is the latest Russian of a bizarre accident that resulted in her plummeting off a building. Others have died from unexplained and sudden illnesses, murder-suicides, and other mysterious circumstances. 

Members of Moscows’ ruling class and the Oligarch community are at high-risk since Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

The trend has become unofficially known as ‘Russian Sudden Death Syndrome.

The deaths should not be confused with several missing high-level military officials including last week's disappearance of General Surovikin. Whether the missing military officers are alive or dead cannot be confirmed.

Alexander Kolodich, 58, was found dead and buried under his home in Russia’s capital earlier this month.

Kolodich served as the Deputy of the Duma of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug and was said to be a big supporter of Putin and the Russian leader’s war against Ukraine.

He also held prominent committee positions and was well-connected in the country’s "political machine” before his sudden death.

The same month, a Russian sausage tycoon fell to his death from a hotel window in India just two days after his best friend also died at the same hotel.

The hits just keep coming

A Russian real-estate tycoon also took a fatal tumble down a flight of stairs while on the French Riviera in December.

Earlier this month, federal judge Artyom Bartenev fell 12 stories from his apartment building and was pronounced dead at the scene.

In April, energy boss Igor Shkurko was found dead in his prison cell after he was accused of taking a bribe.

The 49-year-old was the deputy general director of the Russian energy company Yakutskenergo.

He was a member of the pro-Putin United Russia political party, but his membership was suspended when the bribe allegation was made.

Only two months prior, Russian oil magnate Viatcheslav Rovneiko, 59, was 'found unconscious' late at night at his home. He later died at a hospital according to a report by Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper.

In February, Marina Yankina, 58, a top Russian defense official was found dead after plunging 160ft from a tower block window. She had been a key figure in the funding of  Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine working as head of the financial support department of the Ministry of Defence.