In Russia, the series of mysterious deaths of people close to President Vladimir Putin continues: after close confidants of the Russian president mysteriously died, Anatoly Gerashchenko (73), former head of the Moscow Aviation Institute (MEI), in the institute building after a fall “from a great height”.
The researcher had close ties to Putin’s defense ministry. According to the MAI, Gerashchenko, who was still working as a consultant, died immediately, it would have been an accident.
“Professor Anatoly Nikolaevich Gerashchenko died as a result of an accident. Our condolences to his family and friends. His death is a huge loss to the MAI and the scientific community,” the institute’s press office said. The 73-year-old has spent most of his life working for MAI, which develops space technology and has close ties to the Russian Defense Ministry. .
He received the Russian Medal of Honor for his services to the Fatherland and has authored 50 publications during his professional career before retiring as head of MAI in 2015 and working as a consultant ever since.
Arctic officer drowned during nighttime boat trip
His mysterious death came less than two weeks after Ivan Peshorin, Putin’s nominee for developing Russia’s vast Arctic resources, fell into the water and drowned during an overnight boat trip with friends in the Sea of Japan. Peshorin was only 39 years old. It was not until February that Peschorin’s predecessor, Igor Nosov (43), died of a stroke.
Lukoil manager fell out of window while smoking
Earlier in September, the chairman of Russia’s second-largest oil producer, Lukoil, Ravil Maganov, died after falling from a hospital window. This death was also not fully explained, it is said that he fell from an open window while smoking. A few months earlier, another top manager of Lukoil had also died under mysterious circumstances.
Oligarch dead in swimming pool
In July, an oligarch with ties to gas giant Gazprom was found dead in the pool of his villa. Yuri Voronov had a gunshot wound to the head and investigators found a gun and casings next to his body.
Former Kremlin consultant with symptoms of poisoning in hospital
In early August, former Putin confidant Anatoly Chubais also had to be treated in an Italian hospital. It was then that suspicions arose that Chubais had been poisoned. He was allowed to leave the hospital after a week.
Source: Krone
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