The string of top Russian executives who have died unexpectedly since the start of the war in Ukraine continues: the director general of the Admiralty Shipyard has died suddenly. Alexander Buzakov was allied with Russia’s most powerful men, such as Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. Details of the value boss’s circumstances were not disclosed.
Since 2012, Buzakov has been Director General at the Admiralty Shipyard – one of the oldest and largest Russian shipyards in St. Petersburg. It specializes in building non-nuclear submarines. In November 2019, he presented himself to Putin and Shoigu in a shipyard building on a red carpet, on Friday he inaugurated a new submarine. A day later, the 66-year-old died. The Russian state news agency Tass reported the premature and tragic death of the manager, without naming individual units.
Group speaks of ‘irreparable loss’
The United Shipbuilding Corporation wrote in a statement that Buzakov has pledged his life to the Russian fleet. “The entire national shipbuilding industry is suffering an irreparable loss,” the company said. “He took responsibility for the most complex tasks and handled each one with dignity, earning him an outstanding reputation both in the industry and with the leadership of the country,” the company told late president Rosen.
Mysterious deaths are piling up
Since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, a remarkable number of high-ranking representatives of Russian industry have died tragically – sometimes under strange circumstances. There is also speculation in Russia whether this could be a series of assassinations of Putin critics. The chairman of Russia’s second largest oil producer Lukoil, Ravil Maganov, fell from a hospital window in late August. Ivan Peshorin, a close friend of Putin, died shortly afterwards during a night boat trip. The death of the former head of the Moscow Aviation Institute Anatoly Gerashchenko was also mysterious: he died from a fall “from a great height”.
Source: Krone
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