Several Prominent Russian Businessmen Have Died By Apparent Suicide In Just Three Months

Lukoil chairman Ravil Maganov died this week after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, according to Russian state news agency TASS. Lukoil confirmed the death on Thursday in a statement posted on its website. Maganov “died after a serious illness,” Lukoil said, making no mention of a fall. “Maganov contributed enormously to the development of not only the company, but the entire Russian oil and gas sector.” Another top Lukoil executive, Alexander Subbotin, was found dead near Moscow in May after allegedly visiting a shaman, TASS reported. Russia’s state news agency quoted an official as saying authorities were called to an unconscious man suffering from heart failure. TASS reported that the police have launched a criminal investigation into the case.

Connections with Gazprom

In the first of the deaths reported this year, a top Gazprom executive was found dead at his country house in the village of Leninsky near Leningrad on January 30, 2022, according to Russian state media RIA Novosti. RIA reported that a suicide note was found at the scene and that investigators were investigating the death as a suicide. Russian national broadcaster RenTv identified the man as Leonid Shulman, head of transport at Gazprom Invest. Just a month after that, another top Gazprom executive was found dead in the same village. Alexander Tyulakov was discovered dead in his garage on February 25, according to Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian newspaper. Novaya Gazeta reported that he committed suicide. CNN’s calls to Gazprom have not been returned. CNN reached out to the Russia Investigative Committee for comment on the two cases, but did not receive a response. Two more Russian businessmen with ties to Gazprom died in apparent murder-suicides in April. One of them, Vladislav Avayev, the former vice president of Gazprombank, was found dead with his wife and daughter in his Moscow apartment on April 18, according to TASS. Citing a law enforcement source, TASS claimed authorities were investigating the Avayevs’ deaths as a murder-suicide. Yulia Ivanova, a spokeswoman for the Investigative Committee for Moscow, according to Tass, said a relative discovered the Avayevs’ bodies after being told by the family’s driver and nanny that they could not reach them by phone or enter the apartment. , since the door was locked from the inside. Igor Volobuev, a former vice president of Gazprombank who recently left Russia for Ukraine, told CNN he did not believe Avayev killed himself. “His job was to deal with private banking, that means dealing with VIP clients. He was responsible for very large sums of money. So, he killed himself? I don’t think so. I think he knew something and that he was some kind of danger,” Volobuev said on CNN in April. Russia’s Investigative Committee did not respond to CNN’s request for comment on the case. Just a day later, on April 19, Sergey Protosenya, a former executive at gas producer Novatek, which is partly owned by Gazprom, was found dead at his home in Lloret de Mar, a Mediterranean resort near Barcelona. The bodies of his wife and daughter, showing signs of violence, were found inside the family’s luxury home, an official source close to the investigation told CNN last week, while Protosenya’s body was found in the garden outside, according to a source.

The son disputes the initial findings

Catalan police in the province of Girona, where the city of Lloret de Mar is located, told CNN on Friday that they have since completed their investigation into the case and sent the findings to a court. The police force said its conclusion was that the deaths were a double murder and subsequent suicide. Speaking to the Daily Mail in April, Protosenya’s son disputed this version of events, suggesting his father was murdered. “The Catalan police have taken statements from the son. Other cases have been ruled out. A triple homicide has also been ruled out,” a police spokesman told CNN at the time. “That this was the work of the Russian mafia? Well, no,” the official added. Novatek, Protosenya’s former employer, said he was “a wonderful man and a wonderful family man.” “Unfortunately, there have been speculations about this issue in the media, but we are convinced that these speculations do not relate to reality. We hope that the Spanish law enforcement agencies will conduct a thorough and objective investigation and sort out what happened.” the company said in a statement.

Coroner’s decision

Mikhail Watford, a Ukrainian-born Russian oil and gas billionaire, was found dead at his home in Surrey, England on February 28. Surrey Police told CNN they did not believe there were any suspicious circumstances. Another Russian businessman, Vasily Melnikov, was found dead along with his family in Nizhny Novgorod in late March, according to Russian newspaper Kommersant. Melnikov owned MedStom, a medical supply company. According to Russia’s Investigative Committee, a 43-year-old man, his wife, 41, and two children, aged four and 10, were found stabbed to death on March 23. The committee did not name Melnikov, but the ages of the dead and the location of the incident match the Kommersant report. The district attorney’s office has not updated the status of its investigation and did not return CNN’s request for comment. At the time of the incident, in March, it reported that “there were no signs of unauthorized entry into the apartment” and that “knives were found and confiscated.” “[Investigators] they are considering various versions of what happened, including the killing of the children and the wife by the head of the family, followed by spontaneous death,” the commission said. How to get help: In the United States, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. The International Association for Suicide Prevention and Befrienders Worldwide can also provide contact information for crisis centers around the world. CNN’s Uliana Pavlova, Anna Chernova, Frederik Pleitgen, Chris Liakos, Julia Horowitz, Zahid Mahmood and Al Goodman contributed to the report.

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Lukoil chairman Ravil Maganov died this week after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, according to Russian state news agency TASS. Lukoil confirmed the death on Thursday in a statement posted on its website. Maganov “died after a serious illness,” Lukoil said, making no mention of a fall. “Maganov contributed enormously to the development of not only the company, but the entire Russian oil and gas sector.” Another top Lukoil executive, Alexander Subbotin, was found dead near Moscow in May after allegedly visiting a shaman, TASS reported. Russia’s state news agency quoted an official as saying authorities were called to an unconscious man suffering from heart failure. TASS reported that the police have launched a criminal investigation into the case.

Connections with Gazprom

In the first of the deaths reported this year, a top Gazprom executive was found dead at his country house in the village of Leninsky near Leningrad on January 30, 2022, according to Russian state media RIA Novosti. RIA reported that a suicide note was found at the scene and that investigators were investigating the death as a suicide. Russian national broadcaster RenTv identified the man as Leonid Shulman, head of transport at Gazprom Invest. Just a month after that, another top Gazprom executive was found dead in the same village. Alexander Tyulakov was discovered dead in his garage on February 25, according to Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian newspaper. Novaya Gazeta reported that he committed suicide. CNN’s calls to Gazprom have not been returned. CNN reached out to the Russia Investigative Committee for comment on the two cases, but did not receive a response. Two more Russian businessmen with ties to Gazprom died in apparent murder-suicides in April. One of them, Vladislav Avayev, the former vice president of Gazprombank, was found dead with his wife and daughter in his Moscow apartment on April 18, according to TASS. Citing a law enforcement source, TASS claimed authorities were investigating the Avayevs’ deaths as a murder-suicide. Yulia Ivanova, a spokeswoman for the Investigative Committee for Moscow, according to Tass, said a relative discovered the Avayevs’ bodies after being told by the family’s driver and nanny that they could not reach them by phone or enter the apartment. , since the door was locked from the inside. Igor Volobuev, a former vice president of Gazprombank who recently left Russia for Ukraine, told CNN he did not believe Avayev killed himself. “His job was to deal with private banking, that means dealing with VIP clients. He was responsible for very large sums of money. So, he killed himself? I don’t think so. I think he knew something and that he was some kind of danger,” Volobuev said on CNN in April. Russia’s Investigative Committee did not respond to CNN’s request for comment on the case. Just a day later, on April 19, Sergey Protosenya, a former executive at gas producer Novatek, which is partly owned by Gazprom, was found dead at his home in Lloret de Mar, a Mediterranean resort near Barcelona. The bodies of his wife and daughter, showing signs of violence, were found inside the family’s luxury home, an official source close to the investigation told CNN last week, while Protosenya’s body was found in the garden outside, according to a source.

The son disputes the initial findings

Catalan police in the province of Girona, where the city of Lloret de Mar is located, told CNN on Friday that they have since completed their investigation into the case and sent the findings to a court. The police force said its conclusion was that the deaths were a double murder and subsequent suicide. Speaking to the Daily Mail in April, Protosenya’s son disputed this version of events, suggesting his father was murdered. “The Catalan police have taken statements from the son. Other cases have been ruled out. A triple homicide has also been ruled out,” a police spokesman told CNN at the time. “That this was the work of the Russian mafia? Well, no,” the official added. Novatek, Protosenya’s former employer, said he was “a wonderful man and a wonderful family man.” “Unfortunately, there have been speculations about this issue in the media, but we are convinced that these speculations do not relate to reality. We hope that the Spanish law enforcement agencies will conduct a thorough and objective investigation and sort out what happened.” the company said in a statement.

Coroner’s decision

Mikhail Watford, a Ukrainian-born Russian oil and gas billionaire, was found dead at his home in Surrey, England on February 28. Surrey Police told CNN they did not believe there were any suspicious circumstances. Another Russian businessman, Vasily Melnikov, was found dead along with his family in Nizhny Novgorod in late March, according to Russian newspaper Kommersant. Melnikov owned MedStom, a medical supply company. According to Russia’s Investigative Committee, a 43-year-old man, his wife, 41, and two children, aged four and 10, were found stabbed to death on March 23. The committee did not name Melnikov, but the ages of the dead and the location of the incident match the Kommersant report. The district attorney’s office has not updated the status of its investigation and did not return CNN’s request for comment. At the time of the incident, in March, it reported that “there were no signs of unauthorized entry into the apartment” and that “knives were found and confiscated.” “[Investigators] they are considering various versions of what happened, including the killing of the children and the wife by the head of the family, followed by spontaneous death,” the commission said. How to get help: In the United States, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. The International Association for Suicide Prevention and Befrienders Worldwide can also provide contact information for crisis centers around the world. CNN’s Uliana Pavlova, Anna Chernova, Frederik Pleitgen, Chris Liakos, Julia Horowitz, Zahid Mahmood and Al Goodman contributed to the report.

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Lukoil chairman Ravil Maganov died this week after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, according to Russian state news agency TASS. Lukoil confirmed the death on Thursday in a statement posted on its website. Maganov “died after a serious illness,” Lukoil said, making no mention of a fall. “Maganov contributed enormously to the development of not only the company, but the entire Russian oil and gas sector.” Another top Lukoil executive, Alexander Subbotin, was found dead near Moscow in May after allegedly visiting a shaman, TASS reported. Russia’s state news agency quoted an official as saying authorities were called to an unconscious man suffering from heart failure. TASS reported that the police have launched a criminal investigation into the case.

Connections with Gazprom

In the first of the deaths reported this year, a top Gazprom executive was found dead at his country house in the village of Leninsky near Leningrad on January 30, 2022, according to Russian state media RIA Novosti. RIA reported that a suicide note was found at the scene and that investigators were investigating the death as a suicide. Russian national broadcaster RenTv identified the man as Leonid Shulman, head of transport at Gazprom Invest. Just a month after that, another top Gazprom executive was found dead in the same village. Alexander Tyulakov was discovered dead in his garage on February 25, according to Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian newspaper. Novaya Gazeta reported that he committed suicide. CNN’s calls to Gazprom have not been returned. CNN reached out to the Russia Investigative Committee for comment on the two cases, but did not receive a response. Two more Russian businessmen with ties to Gazprom died in apparent murder-suicides in April. One of them, Vladislav Avayev, the former vice president of Gazprombank, was found dead with his wife and daughter in his Moscow apartment on April 18, according to TASS. Citing a law enforcement source, TASS claimed authorities were investigating the Avayevs’ deaths as a murder-suicide. Yulia Ivanova, a spokeswoman for the Investigative Committee for Moscow, according to Tass, said a relative discovered the Avayevs’ bodies after being told by the family’s driver and nanny that they could not reach them by phone or enter the apartment. , since the door was locked from the inside. Igor Volobuev, a former vice president of Gazprombank who recently left Russia for Ukraine, told CNN he did not believe Avayev killed himself. “His job was to deal with private banking, that means dealing with VIP clients. He was responsible for very large sums of money. So, he killed himself? I don’t think so. I think he knew something and that he was some kind of danger,” Volobuev said on CNN in April. Russia’s Investigative Committee did not respond to CNN’s request for comment on the case. Just a day later, on April 19, Sergey Protosenya, a former executive at gas producer Novatek, which is partly owned by Gazprom, was found dead at his home in Lloret de Mar, a Mediterranean resort near Barcelona. The bodies of his wife and daughter, showing signs of violence, were found inside the family’s luxury home, an official source close to the investigation told CNN last week, while Protosenya’s body was found in the garden outside, according to a source.

The son disputes the initial findings

Catalan police in the province of Girona, where the city of Lloret de Mar is located, told CNN on Friday that they have since completed their investigation into the case and sent the findings to a court. The police force said its conclusion was that the deaths were a double murder and subsequent suicide. Speaking to the Daily Mail in April, Protosenya’s son disputed this version of events, suggesting his father was murdered. “The Catalan police have taken statements from the son. Other cases have been ruled out. A triple homicide has also been ruled out,” a police spokesman told CNN at the time. “That this was the work of the Russian mafia? Well, no,” the official added. Novatek, Protosenya’s former employer, said he was “a wonderful man and a wonderful family man.” “Unfortunately, there have been speculations about this issue in the media, but we are convinced that these speculations do not relate to reality. We hope that the Spanish law enforcement agencies will conduct a thorough and objective investigation and sort out what happened.” the company said in a statement.

Coroner’s decision

Mikhail Watford, a Ukrainian-born Russian oil and gas billionaire, was found dead at his home in Surrey, England on February 28. Surrey Police told CNN they did not believe there were any suspicious circumstances. Another Russian businessman, Vasily Melnikov, was found dead along with his family in Nizhny Novgorod in late March, according to Russian newspaper Kommersant. Melnikov owned MedStom, a medical supply company. According to Russia’s Investigative Committee, a 43-year-old man, his wife, 41, and two children, aged four and 10, were found stabbed to death on March 23. The committee did not name Melnikov, but the ages of the dead and the location of the incident match the Kommersant report. The district attorney’s office has not updated the status of its investigation and did not return CNN’s request for comment. At the time of the incident, in March, it reported that “there were no signs of unauthorized entry into the apartment” and that “knives were found and confiscated.” “[Investigators] they are considering various versions of what happened, including the killing of the children and the wife by the head of the family, followed by spontaneous death,” the commission said. How to get help: In the United States, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. The International Association for Suicide Prevention and Befrienders Worldwide can also provide contact information for crisis centers around the world. CNN’s Uliana Pavlova, Anna Chernova, Frederik Pleitgen, Chris Liakos, Julia Horowitz, Zahid Mahmood and Al Goodman contributed to the report.

title: “Several Prominent Russian Businessmen Have Died By Apparent Suicide In Just Three Months Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-26” author: “Jimmy Thomas”

Lukoil chairman Ravil Maganov died this week after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, according to Russian state news agency TASS. Lukoil confirmed the death on Thursday in a statement posted on its website. Maganov “died after a serious illness,” Lukoil said, making no mention of a fall. “Maganov contributed enormously to the development of not only the company, but the entire Russian oil and gas sector.” Another top Lukoil executive, Alexander Subbotin, was found dead near Moscow in May after allegedly visiting a shaman, TASS reported. Russia’s state news agency quoted an official as saying authorities were called to an unconscious man suffering from heart failure. TASS reported that the police have launched a criminal investigation into the case.

Connections with Gazprom

In the first of the deaths reported this year, a top Gazprom executive was found dead at his country house in the village of Leninsky near Leningrad on January 30, 2022, according to Russian state media RIA Novosti. RIA reported that a suicide note was found at the scene and that investigators were investigating the death as a suicide. Russian national broadcaster RenTv identified the man as Leonid Shulman, head of transport at Gazprom Invest. Just a month after that, another top Gazprom executive was found dead in the same village. Alexander Tyulakov was discovered dead in his garage on February 25, according to Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian newspaper. Novaya Gazeta reported that he committed suicide. CNN’s calls to Gazprom have not been returned. CNN reached out to the Russia Investigative Committee for comment on the two cases, but did not receive a response. Two more Russian businessmen with ties to Gazprom died in apparent murder-suicides in April. One of them, Vladislav Avayev, the former vice president of Gazprombank, was found dead with his wife and daughter in his Moscow apartment on April 18, according to TASS. Citing a law enforcement source, TASS claimed authorities were investigating the Avayevs’ deaths as a murder-suicide. Yulia Ivanova, a spokeswoman for the Investigative Committee for Moscow, according to Tass, said a relative discovered the Avayevs’ bodies after being told by the family’s driver and nanny that they could not reach them by phone or enter the apartment. , since the door was locked from the inside. Igor Volobuev, a former vice president of Gazprombank who recently left Russia for Ukraine, told CNN he did not believe Avayev killed himself. “His job was to deal with private banking, that means dealing with VIP clients. He was responsible for very large sums of money. So, he killed himself? I don’t think so. I think he knew something and that he was some kind of danger,” Volobuev said on CNN in April. Russia’s Investigative Committee did not respond to CNN’s request for comment on the case. Just a day later, on April 19, Sergey Protosenya, a former executive at gas producer Novatek, which is partly owned by Gazprom, was found dead at his home in Lloret de Mar, a Mediterranean resort near Barcelona. The bodies of his wife and daughter, showing signs of violence, were found inside the family’s luxury home, an official source close to the investigation told CNN last week, while Protosenya’s body was found in the garden outside, according to a source.

The son disputes the initial findings

Catalan police in the province of Girona, where the city of Lloret de Mar is located, told CNN on Friday that they have since completed their investigation into the case and sent the findings to a court. The police force said its conclusion was that the deaths were a double murder and subsequent suicide. Speaking to the Daily Mail in April, Protosenya’s son disputed this version of events, suggesting his father was murdered. “The Catalan police have taken statements from the son. Other cases have been ruled out. A triple homicide has also been ruled out,” a police spokesman told CNN at the time. “That this was the work of the Russian mafia? Well, no,” the official added. Novatek, Protosenya’s former employer, said he was “a wonderful man and a wonderful family man.” “Unfortunately, there have been speculations about this issue in the media, but we are convinced that these speculations do not relate to reality. We hope that the Spanish law enforcement agencies will conduct a thorough and objective investigation and sort out what happened.” the company said in a statement.

Coroner’s decision

Mikhail Watford, a Ukrainian-born Russian oil and gas billionaire, was found dead at his home in Surrey, England on February 28. Surrey Police told CNN they did not believe there were any suspicious circumstances. Another Russian businessman, Vasily Melnikov, was found dead along with his family in Nizhny Novgorod in late March, according to Russian newspaper Kommersant. Melnikov owned MedStom, a medical supply company. According to Russia’s Investigative Committee, a 43-year-old man, his wife, 41, and two children, aged four and 10, were found stabbed to death on March 23. The committee did not name Melnikov, but the ages of the dead and the location of the incident match the Kommersant report. The district attorney’s office has not updated the status of its investigation and did not return CNN’s request for comment. At the time of the incident, in March, it reported that “there were no signs of unauthorized entry into the apartment” and that “knives were found and confiscated.” “[Investigators] they are considering various versions of what happened, including the killing of the children and the wife by the head of the family, followed by spontaneous death,” the commission said. How to get help: In the United States, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. The International Association for Suicide Prevention and Befrienders Worldwide can also provide contact information for crisis centers around the world. CNN’s Uliana Pavlova, Anna Chernova, Frederik Pleitgen, Chris Liakos, Julia Horowitz, Zahid Mahmood and Al Goodman contributed to the report.