Found dead in the pond: Another oligarch dies mysteriously

He was found dead in the pond
Another oligarch dies mysteriously

7/5/2022 9:44 pm

After a series of unexplained deaths of wealthy Russians, another is found lifeless in his mansion. According to a media report, the multi-millionaire with ties to Gazprom was Yuri Voronov. Russian investigators speak of “disputes with business partners.”

Another Russian oligarch died under even more unclear circumstances. as British Daily Mail Multi-millionaire Yuri Voronov was found dead in the pool at his mansion in the suburbs of St. Petersburg. According to the report, a 61-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to the head, a handgun nearby and several shells at the bottom of the pool.

According to the newspaper, Voronov is the head of a logistics company that has signed lucrative contracts with Gazprom in the Arctic. The Russian intelligence agency said the cause of death was a “feud with business partners”. His wife reportedly told investigators that she believed her husband had been defrauded of “a lot of money” by “unscrupulous” contractors.

In recent months, the mysterious deaths of Russian oligarchs have led to rumors that the murders may have been staged suicides. There was speculation about possible punitive measures by the Kremlin. For example, Gazprom’s deputy director general, Alexander Tyulyakov, was hanged in his villa near St. Petersburg a day after Russia invaded Ukraine. In the same area, a month ago, former Gazprom executive Leonid Shulman was found dead in the bathroom of his home. The answer sheets of both were found. In England, oligarch Michael Watford was found hanged in the garage of his mansion.

Russian state news agency TASS reported in March on the death of oligarch Vasily Melnikov, his wife and two children near Nizhny Novgorod. According to investigators, Melnikov first killed his wife and children, then killed himself. In April, Valdislav Avaev, former vice president of Gazprom Bank, and Sergey Protosenya, former manager of Novatek, Russia’s largest private gas producer, died. The two allegedly killed their wives and children first and then themselves. In May, 37-year-old Andrei Krukovsky, the director of Krasnaya Polyana ski resort, Russia’s main winter sports resort, reportedly crashed while hiking. In the same month, the manager of the oil company Lukoil, Alexander Subodin, allegedly died at the hands of a shaman.