A number of Russian top executives have been mysteriously killed since the war in Ukraine began. The director of the subsidiary of the Russian Railways was spotted on the balcony of his Moscow apartment. According to Russian media, he shot himself – but this account is not credible to some. It is previously said that his downfall was that he could not better protect the railway infrastructure from Ukrainian attacks…
The death streak of Russian managers does not end. Pawel Ptschelnikov would be at least the tenth prominent Russian in a top position to die under mysterious circumstances. The 52-year-old had posted photos from the family vacation shortly before his alleged suicide – you can see him smiling in the photos.
Disability as a motive for murder?
On Wednesday, he was finally found dead – according to an initial investigation, he would have committed suicide. A motive was not reported in the Russian media. However, Anton Gerashchenko, Ukraine’s former deputy interior minister, has a theory that differs from the intruders’ version: “We assume he failed to protect the network infrastructure from attacks by Ukrainian hackers.”
Hackers flattened the rail network
This would have caused difficulties for the Russian army. “There were disruptions in the Russian railways, which prevented the timely delivery of military supplies to the Russian occupying army,” Gerashchenko said. In any case, a remarkable number of top managers in Russia have died since the beginning of the war. Most recently, the death of the former head of the Moscow Aviation Institute caused a stir: he died after falling “from a great height” down a flight of stairs. He had close ties to the Ministry of Defense.
Ivan Peshorin, Putin’s representative for the development of Russia’s vast Arctic resources, died shortly before: he fell into the water and drowned during an overnight boat trip with friends in the Sea of Japan. His predecessor reportedly died of a stroke in February at the age of 43. The chairman of Russia’s second-largest oil producer, Lukoil, Ravil Maganov, died about a month ago after falling from a sixth-floor hospital window. Noteworthy: In March, Lukoil’s board of directors publicly called for an end to the “armed conflict” in Ukraine.
Source: Krone
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