Since the beginning of the war in Russia, 20 officials have died under mysterious circumstances
11 hours agoStrange deaths and suicides of Russian officials have become commonplace in Russia since the start of the war with Ukraine. On Monday, it became known about the death of two officials of the Ministry of Transport: the head of the department, Roman Starovoyt, committed suicide and the deputy head of the department, Andrei Korneychuk, died of cardiac arrest.
This was preceded by at least 18 more cases of mysterious death of representatives of the Russian government or structures around the government. From April to July 2022, there were four bizarre deaths of officials linked to security forces. First, the former head of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Vyacheslav Trubnikov died under unclear circumstances, then retired SVR Major General Lev Sotskov shot himself with an award pistol. Soon after this, former employee of the presidential administration and «Rosvooruzheniya» Alexey Ogarev was found dead, and then his veins were cut in solitary confinement in a pre-trial detention center №1 Vice-Rector of the Russian Customs Academy Zalim Kerefov.
Also in 2022, several civilian officials also died. In August, the 38-year-old head of Cheboksary, Oleg Kortunov, died of a heart attack; in December, one of the richest deputies from «United Russia», Pavel Antov, fell out of a window in India . . .
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