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Suspicious Russia-related deaths since 2022

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Suspicious Russia-related deaths since 2022

Since the beginning of 2022, numerous Russia-related people, particularly businessmen and officials, have died under what some sources suggest were suspicious circumstances. Incidents include individuals who have suspiciously fallen out of windows, killed themselves, and died unexpectedly in accidents.

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· Suspicious deaths › 2022
January
January
Name
January
Leonid Shulman
Leonid Shulman
Name
Leonid Shulman
Age at death
60
Position
Director of Transport of Gazprom
Date of death
30 January 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Bathroom of a residence in Leningrad Oblast
Circumstances
Suicide note found next to his body.
February
February
Name
February
Igor Nosov [tt]
Igor Nosov [tt]
Name
Igor Nosov [tt]
Age at death
43
Position
CEO of the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation (KRDV) and former Deputy governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Date of death
8 February 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Moscow
Circumstances
Reportedly suffered a stroke.
Alexander Tyulakov
Alexander Tyulakov
Name
Alexander Tyulakov
Age at death
61
Position
Deputy General Director of the Unified Settlement Center of Gazprom
Date of death
25 February 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Garage of a residence in Saint Petersburg
Circumstances
Suicide note found on his body.
Mikhail Watford
Mikhail Watford
Name
Mikhail Watford
Age at death
66
Position
Businessman
Date of death
28 February 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Garage of a residence in Surrey, England
Circumstances
British authorities have not found evidence of a crime.
March
March
Name
March
Vasily Melnikov
Vasily Melnikov
Name
Vasily Melnikov
Age at death
43
Position
CEO and owner of Medstorm
Date of death
23 March 2022
Count of deaths
4
Place body was discovered
Apartment in Nizhny Novgorod
Circumstances
Wife and two sons found dead beside him.
April
April
Name
April
Vladislav Avayev
Vladislav Avayev
Name
Vladislav Avayev
Age at death
51
Position
Former Vice President of Gazprombank
Date of death
18 April 2022
Count of deaths
3
Place body was discovered
Apartment in Moscow
Circumstances
Wife and 13-year-old daughter found dead beside him.
Sergey Protosenya
Sergey Protosenya
Name
Sergey Protosenya
Age at death
55
Position
Former Deputy Chairman of Novatek.
Date of death
19 April 2022
Count of deaths
3
Place body was discovered
Garden of a residence in Lloret de Mar, Spain
Circumstances
Hanged from a handrail; wife and daughter found dead in their beds with blunt axe wounds and stab wounds.
May
May
Name
May
Andrei Krukovsky
Andrei Krukovsky
Name
Andrei Krukovsky
Age at death
37
Position
General Director of the Estosadok Krasnaya Polyana, a ski resort owned by Gazprom
Date of death
1 May 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Below a cliff near the Achipse Fortress [ru] in Sochi
Circumstances
Reportedly fell off a cliff while hiking to Achipse Fortress [ru].
Alexander Subbotin
Alexander Subbotin
Name
Alexander Subbotin
Age at death
43
Position
Board member of Lukoil
Date of death
8 May 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Basement of Aleksei Pindyurin's residence in Moscow
Circumstances
Reportedly arrived at the residence under the influence of alcohol and drugs to participate in a ritual intended to relieve the hangover, and then died of a heart attack, though critics allege toad poison.
June
June
Name
June
Alexei Ogarev
Alexei Ogarev
Name
Alexei Ogarev
Age at death
64
Position
Former senior Kremlin official, diplomat, arms dealer and oil business executive
Date of death
16 June 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Rublevka, Russia
Circumstances
Found dead.
Yevgeniy Palant
Yevgeniy Palant
Name
Yevgeniy Palant
Age at death
47
Position
Telephone mogul and philanthropist
Date of death
27 June 2022
Count of deaths
2
Place body was discovered
Zarechye, Russia
Circumstances
Found dead together with his wife Olga with multiple stab wounds.
July
July
Name
July
Yuri Voronov
Yuri Voronov
Name
Yuri Voronov
Age at death
61
Position
CEO of Astra Shipping, a subcontractor of Gazprom
Date of death
4 July 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Swimming pool of a residence in Leningrad Oblast
Circumstances
Gunshot wounds to the head, pistol found next to his body.
August
August
Name
August
Dan Rapoport
Dan Rapoport
Name
Dan Rapoport
Age at death
52
Position
Businessman
Date of death
14 August 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
2400 M Street NW, Washington, D.C., United States
Circumstances
Found in the street after an apparent fall from his high rise apartment building.
September
September
Name
September
Ravil Maganov
Ravil Maganov
Name
Ravil Maganov
Age at death
67
Position
Chair of Lukoil
Date of death
1 September 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Below a window of the Kremlin Hospital, Moscow
Circumstances
Reportedly hospitalised for heart problems and depression, then "fell out of a window".
Ivan Pechorin
Ivan Pechorin
Name
Ivan Pechorin
Age at death
39
Position
Director of Aviation of the Russian Far East and Arctic Development Corporation (KRDV)
Date of death
10 September 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
On a beach in Beregovoy, Amur Oblast
Circumstances
Drowned at Cape Ignatyev, Vladivostok; body found washed up in Beregovoy two days later; allegedly fell from his boat.
Vladimir Sungorkin [ru]
Vladimir Sungorkin [ru]
Name
Vladimir Sungorkin [ru]
Age at death
68
Position
Editor-in-chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda
Date of death
14 September 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Roshchino [ru], Khabarovsky District, Khabarovsk Krai
Circumstances
Reportedly suffered a stroke and suffocated while on the way to lunch, his deputy would die a year later.
Anatoly Gerashchenko [ru]
Anatoly Gerashchenko [ru]
Name
Anatoly Gerashchenko [ru]
Age at death
72
Position
Former Head of the Moscow Aviation Institute
Date of death
21 September 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Stairway within the Moscow Aviation Institute
Circumstances
Reportedly fell down a flight of stairs inside the institute.
Pavel Pchelnikov
Pavel Pchelnikov
Name
Pavel Pchelnikov
Age at death
52
Position
Director of Digital Logistics, a Russian Railways subsidiary
Date of death
28 September 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
On the balcony of an apartment in Moscow
Circumstances
Allegedly shot himself on the balcony of his apartment.
October
October
Name
October
Nikolay Petrunin
Nikolay Petrunin
Name
Nikolay Petrunin
Age at death
46
Position
Deputy of the State Duma
Date of death
12 October 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Unnamed hospital in Moscow
Circumstances
Alleged complications of COVID-19.
November
November
Name
November
Colonel Vadim Boyko
Colonel Vadim Boyko
Name
Colonel Vadim Boyko
Age at death
44
Position
Deputy head of the Makarov Pacific Higher Naval School, involved in mobilization efforts
Date of death
16 November 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Office at Makarov Pacific Higher Naval School, Vladivostok
Circumstances
Reportedly died by suicide after shooting himself in the chest five times.
Vyacheslav Taran
Vyacheslav Taran
Name
Vyacheslav Taran
Age at death
53
Position
Co-founder of Libertex, a cryptocurrency and foreign exchange market company
Date of death
25 November 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Villefranche-sur-Mer, French Riviera, France
Circumstances
Died in helicopter crash after taking off from Switzerland.
Vladimir Makei
Vladimir Makei
Name
Vladimir Makei
Age at death
64
Position
Foreign Minister of Belarus (2012–2022)
Date of death
26 November 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Unknown, likely Minsk, Belarus
Circumstances
Reported to have died four days after returning from a Collective Security Treaty Organization summit in Armenia accompanying representatives of Vladimir Putin. He was said by his friends to have been "painfully upset" by the collapse of the course he was leading.
December
December
Name
December
Grigory Kochenov
Grigory Kochenov
Name
Grigory Kochenov
Age at death
41
Position
Creative Director of Agima, an IT company
Date of death
7 December 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Volodarsky Street, Nizhny Novgorod
Circumstances
Reportedly fell to his death from his balcony while officials from the Investigative Committee executed a search warrant for his apartment.
Dmitriy Zelenov
Dmitriy Zelenov
Name
Dmitriy Zelenov
Age at death
50
Position
Co-founder of Donstroy, a construction company
Date of death
9 December 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Antibes, French Riviera, France
Circumstances
Reportedly felt ill and fell over a railing and hit his head, later died in hospital without regaining consciousness.
Alexander Lapin
Alexander Lapin
Name
Alexander Lapin
Position
Former head of Krasnoyarsk’s landscaping and green construction authority
Date of death
11 December 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
the Investigative Committee office in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Circumstances
Fell from a seventh-floor window of an Investigative Committee office during questioning in a corruption case, with security footage said to show him sitting on the windowsill before the fall.
Vladimir Bidenov
Vladimir Bidenov
Name
Vladimir Bidenov
Age at death
61
Position
Business associate and travel companion of Pavel Antov
Date of death
22 December 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Hotel Sai International, Rayagada, Odisha, India
Circumstances
Died of heart problems; two days later his close companion, Pavel Antov, also died at the same hotel under suspicious circumstances.
Alexander Buzakov [ru]
Alexander Buzakov [ru]
Name
Alexander Buzakov [ru]
Age at death
66
Position
Director General of the Admiralty Shipyards
Date of death
24 December 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Saint Petersburg
Circumstances
Died suddenly the day after he attended the float-out ceremony of the new Lada class submarine Velikie Luki [ru]. No explanation was given on the cause of death.
Pavel Antov
Pavel Antov
Name
Pavel Antov
Age at death
65
Position
Founder of Vladmirsky Standart, a meat processing company, and deputy (member) of the Legislative Assembly of Vladimir Oblast
Date of death
1
Count of deaths
Below a window of Hotel Sai International, Rayagada, Odisha, India
Place body was discovered
Fell out of window from Hotel Sai International; another Russian colleague, Vladimir Bidenov, died in the same hotel two days prior.
Alexei Maslov
Alexei Maslov
Name
Alexei Maslov
Age at death
69
Position
Former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces and special representative of Uralvagonzavod.
Date of death
1
Count of deaths
Burdenko Main Military Clinical Hospital, Moscow[citation needed]
Place body was discovered
Died "unexpectedly" in a military hospital, no cause given.
Vladimir Nesterov
Vladimir Nesterov
Name
Vladimir Nesterov
Age at death
73
Position
Director General of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Date of death
28 December 2022
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Unknown
Name
Age at death
Position
Date of death
Count of deaths
Place body was discovered
Circumstances
January
Leonid Shulman
60
Director of Transport of Gazprom
30 January 2022
1
Bathroom of a residence in Leningrad Oblast
Suicide note found next to his body.
February
Igor Nosov [tt]
43
CEO of the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation (KRDV) and former Deputy governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
8 February 2022
1
Moscow
Reportedly suffered a stroke.
Alexander Tyulakov
61
Deputy General Director of the Unified Settlement Center of Gazprom
25 February 2022
1
Garage of a residence in Saint Petersburg
Suicide note found on his body.
Mikhail Watford
66
Businessman
28 February 2022
1
Garage of a residence in Surrey, England
British authorities have not found evidence of a crime.
March
Vasily Melnikov
43
CEO and owner of Medstorm
23 March 2022
4
Apartment in Nizhny Novgorod
Wife and two sons found dead beside him.
April
Vladislav Avayev
51
Former Vice President of Gazprombank
18 April 2022
3
Apartment in Moscow
Wife and 13-year-old daughter found dead beside him.
Sergey Protosenya
55
Former Deputy Chairman of Novatek.
19 April 2022
3
Garden of a residence in Lloret de Mar, Spain
Hanged from a handrail; wife and daughter found dead in their beds with blunt axe wounds and stab wounds.
May
Andrei Krukovsky
37
General Director of the Estosadok Krasnaya Polyana, a ski resort owned by Gazprom
1 May 2022
1
Below a cliff near the Achipse Fortress [ru] in Sochi
Reportedly fell off a cliff while hiking to Achipse Fortress [ru].
Alexander Subbotin
43
Board member of Lukoil
8 May 2022
1
Basement of Aleksei Pindyurin's residence in Moscow
Reportedly arrived at the residence under the influence of alcohol and drugs to participate in a ritual intended to relieve the hangover, and then died of a heart attack, though critics allege toad poison.
June
Alexei Ogarev
64
Former senior Kremlin official, diplomat, arms dealer and oil business executive
16 June 2022
1
Rublevka, Russia
Found dead.
Yevgeniy Palant
47
Telephone mogul and philanthropist
27 June 2022
2
Zarechye, Russia
Found dead together with his wife Olga with multiple stab wounds.
July
Yuri Voronov
61
CEO of Astra Shipping, a subcontractor of Gazprom
4 July 2022
1
Swimming pool of a residence in Leningrad Oblast
Gunshot wounds to the head, pistol found next to his body.
August
Dan Rapoport
52
Businessman
14 August 2022
1
2400 M Street NW, Washington, D.C., United States
Found in the street after an apparent fall from his high rise apartment building.
September
Ravil Maganov
67
Chair of Lukoil
1 September 2022
1
Below a window of the Kremlin Hospital, Moscow
Reportedly hospitalised for heart problems and depression, then "fell out of a window".
Ivan Pechorin
39
Director of Aviation of the Russian Far East and Arctic Development Corporation (KRDV)
10 September 2022
1
On a beach in Beregovoy, Amur Oblast
Drowned at Cape Ignatyev, Vladivostok; body found washed up in Beregovoy two days later; allegedly fell from his boat.
Vladimir Sungorkin [ru]
68
Editor-in-chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda
14 September 2022
1
Roshchino [ru], Khabarovsky District, Khabarovsk Krai
Reportedly suffered a stroke and suffocated while on the way to lunch, his deputy would die a year later.
Anatoly Gerashchenko [ru]
72
Former Head of the Moscow Aviation Institute
21 September 2022
1
Stairway within the Moscow Aviation Institute
Reportedly fell down a flight of stairs inside the institute.
Pavel Pchelnikov
52
Director of Digital Logistics, a Russian Railways subsidiary
28 September 2022
1
On the balcony of an apartment in Moscow
Allegedly shot himself on the balcony of his apartment.
October
Nikolay Petrunin
46
Deputy of the State Duma
12 October 2022
1
Unnamed hospital in Moscow
Alleged complications of COVID-19.
November
Colonel Vadim Boyko
44
Deputy head of the Makarov Pacific Higher Naval School, involved in mobilization efforts
16 November 2022
1
Office at Makarov Pacific Higher Naval School, Vladivostok
Reportedly died by suicide after shooting himself in the chest five times.
Vyacheslav Taran
53
Co-founder of Libertex, a cryptocurrency and foreign exchange market company
25 November 2022
1
Villefranche-sur-Mer, French Riviera, France
Died in helicopter crash after taking off from Switzerland.
Vladimir Makei
64
Foreign Minister of Belarus (2012–2022)
26 November 2022
1
Unknown, likely Minsk, Belarus
Reported to have died four days after returning from a Collective Security Treaty Organization summit in Armenia accompanying representatives of Vladimir Putin. He was said by his friends to have been "painfully upset" by the collapse of the course he was leading.
December
Grigory Kochenov
41
Creative Director of Agima, an IT company
7 December 2022
1
Volodarsky Street, Nizhny Novgorod
Reportedly fell to his death from his balcony while officials from the Investigative Committee executed a search warrant for his apartment.
Dmitriy Zelenov
50
Co-founder of Donstroy, a construction company
9 December 2022
1
Antibes, French Riviera, France
Reportedly felt ill and fell over a railing and hit his head, later died in hospital without regaining consciousness.
Alexander Lapin
Former head of Krasnoyarsk’s landscaping and green construction authority
11 December 2022
1
the Investigative Committee office in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Fell from a seventh-floor window of an Investigative Committee office during questioning in a corruption case, with security footage said to show him sitting on the windowsill before the fall.
Vladimir Bidenov
61
Business associate and travel companion of Pavel Antov
22 December 2022
1
Hotel Sai International, Rayagada, Odisha, India
Died of heart problems; two days later his close companion, Pavel Antov, also died at the same hotel under suspicious circumstances.
Alexander Buzakov [ru]
66
Director General of the Admiralty Shipyards
24 December 2022
1
Saint Petersburg
Died suddenly the day after he attended the float-out ceremony of the new Lada class submarine Velikie Luki [ru]. No explanation was given on the cause of death.
Pavel Antov
65
Founder of Vladmirsky Standart, a meat processing company, and deputy (member) of the Legislative Assembly of Vladimir Oblast
1
Below a window of Hotel Sai International, Rayagada, Odisha, India
Fell out of window from Hotel Sai International; another Russian colleague, Vladimir Bidenov, died in the same hotel two days prior.
Alexei Maslov
69
Former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces and special representative of Uralvagonzavod.
1
Burdenko Main Military Clinical Hospital, Moscow[citation needed]
Died "unexpectedly" in a military hospital, no cause given.
Vladimir Nesterov
73
Director General of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
28 December 2022
1
Unknown
· Suspicious deaths › 2023
January
January
Name
January
Magomed Abdulaev
Magomed Abdulaev
Name
Magomed Abdulaev
Age at death
61
Position
Former Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Dagestan [ru]
Date of death
5 January 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Makhachkala, Dagestan
Circumstances
Died at a hospital after being hit by a car while crossing a street.
Dmitry Pavochka
Dmitry Pavochka
Name
Dmitry Pavochka
Age at death
49
Position
Former manager of Roscosmos, Sukhoi, Lukoil, Bank Menatep and Russdragmet, while presently or formerly involved with many others.
Date of death
26 January 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
17th floor of a building on Leningradsky Avenue, Moscow
Circumstances
Burned alive after falling asleep with a lit cigarette.
February
February
Name
February
Vladimir Makarov
Vladimir Makarov
Name
Vladimir Makarov
Age at death
72
Position
Former Deputy Chief of the Russian Interior Ministry’s Main Directorate for Combating Extremism.
Date of death
13 February 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
At his suburban home northwest of Moscow
Circumstances
State-run TASS news agency reported him found dead, in an apparent suicide, following his dismissal by President Vladimir Putin.
Marina Yankina
Marina Yankina
Name
Marina Yankina
Age at death
58
Position
Head of Finance and Procurement of the Western Military District
Date of death
16 February 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
House on Zamshina Street, St. Petersburg
Circumstances
Found dead after falling from a window on the 16th-floor of a high-rise building.
Viatcheslav Rovneiko
Viatcheslav Rovneiko
Name
Viatcheslav Rovneiko
Age at death
59
Position
Oil magnate, co-founder of Urals Energy, co-owner of Belgian oil company Nafta (B) NV, director of Interregional Fuel Union; ex-KGB spy.
Date of death
22 February 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Unspecified gated village near Moscow
Circumstances
Found unconscious in his house; subsequent medical help could not save his life.
April
April
Name
April
Igor Shkurko
Igor Shkurko
Name
Igor Shkurko
Age at death
49
Position
Deputy director of Yakutskenergo [ru].
Date of death
4 April 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Pre-trial detention center in Yakutsk
Circumstances
Found dead in his cell; allegedly suicide.
May
May
Name
May
Pyotr Kucherenko
Pyotr Kucherenko
Name
Pyotr Kucherenko
Age at death
46
Position
State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
Date of death
20 May 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Mineralnye Vody Airport, Stavropol Krai
Circumstances
Died after falling ill on board a flight from Cuba to Russia.
June
June
Name
June
Yuri Demin
Yuri Demin
Name
Yuri Demin
Age at death
62
Position
Former head of the State Inspectorate for Road Safety for the Sverdlovsk Oblast
Date of death
4 June 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Sysert, Sverdlovsk Oblast
Circumstances
Found dead after falling from the second floor of his dacha during construction work.
Artyom Bartenev
Artyom Bartenev
Name
Artyom Bartenev
Age at death
42
Position
Federal Judge of the Kirovsky District Court
Date of death
8 June 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Underneath his apartment in Kazan, Tatarstan
Circumstances
Found dead after falling 12 stories from his apartment window.
Anatoly Beryozikov
Anatoly Beryozikov
Name
Anatoly Beryozikov
Age at death
40
Position
Anti-war activist
Date of death
14 June 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
In his cell in Rostov-on-Don
Circumstances
He was in custody for minor offenders, scheduled to be released. Had his ribs broken, stun gun bruises. Died reportedly from suicide.
Grigory Klinishov
Grigory Klinishov
Name
Grigory Klinishov
Age at death
92
Position
Physicist and co-creator of the Soviet hydrogen bomb RDS-37.
Date of death
17 June 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Inside his apartment in Moscow
Circumstances
Found dead in his apartment from an apparent suicide, leaving a note.
Kristina Baikova
Kristina Baikova
Name
Kristina Baikova
Age at death
28
Position
Vice-president of Loko-Bank [ru], head of department for work with corporate clients.
Date of death
24 June 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Underneath her apartment in Khodynsky Boulevard, Moscow
Circumstances
Fell off her apartment at the 11th floor; circumstances of the incident have not yet been clarified.
July
July
Name
July
Andrei Fomin
Andrei Fomin
Name
Andrei Fomin
Age at death
57
Position
Prosecutor of Chuvashia (since 2020)
Date of death
1 July 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
In the Volga river near Cheboksary
Circumstances
Fell ill while swimming in the Volga river and drowned.
Aleksey Avramenko
Aleksey Avramenko
Name
Aleksey Avramenko
Age at death
46
Position
Minister of Transport and Communications of Belarus (since 2019)
Date of death
4 July 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Unknown
Circumstances
Died suddenly.
Alexander Nikolayev [ru]
Alexander Nikolayev [ru]
Name
Alexander Nikolayev [ru]
Age at death
72
Position
Former Consul General of Russia to Crimea, and former Ambassador of Russia to Bangladesh
Date of death
July 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Konakovo, Tver Oblast
Circumstances
Beaten up near his home and died three weeks later.
Natalia Bochkareva
Natalia Bochkareva
Name
Natalia Bochkareva
Age at death
44
Position
Daughter of former Governor of Penza Oblast Vasily Bochkarev. Managed her family's lumber-processing and bakery businesses
Date of death
14 July 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Moscow
Circumstances
Found dead inside her apartment.
Anton Cherepennikov [ru]
Anton Cherepennikov [ru]
Name
Anton Cherepennikov [ru]
Age at death
40
Position
Billionaire owner and head of state-affiliated company Citadel specializing in digital wiretapping equipment and telecommunications monitoring technology, sanctioned by the US in February 2023
Date of death
22 July 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Moscow
Circumstances
Found dead in his office.
August
August
Name
August
Gennady Lopyrev
Gennady Lopyrev
Name
Gennady Lopyrev
Age at death
69
Position
Former lieutenant-general in the Federal Protective Service and overseer of construction projects including Putin's palace.
Date of death
16 August 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
IK-3 prison colony, Ryazan Oblast
Circumstances
Imprisoned in the IK-3 prison in 2017 for taking bribes, charges he denied in 2016. Died of leukemia two days after diagnosis. News agencies reported no previous signs of the illness.
Yevgeny Prigozhin
Yevgeny Prigozhin
Name
Yevgeny Prigozhin
Age at death
62
Position
Russian oligarch, mercenary, Wagner Group co-founder and leader, and former close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin until he launched a brief rebellion on 23 June 2023, exactly two months prior.
Date of death
23 August 2023
Count of deaths
10
Place body was discovered
Kuzhenkino, Bologovsky District, Tver Oblast
Circumstances
See also: 2023 Wagner Group plane crash An Embraer Legacy 600 business jet with registration number RA-02795 crashed during a regular high-altitude flight from Moscow to Saint Petersburg. Prigozhin, Utkin, and Chekalov were killed along with two Wagner veterans, two bodyguards, and the three flight staff. According to Wagner Group, the plane was shot down by air defenses, however according to the US government and aviation experts, the plane was downed by a bomb onboard or other sabotage.
Dmitry Utkin
Dmitry Utkin
Name
Dmitry Utkin
Age at death
53
Position
Former special forces officer in the GRU, co-founder of Wagner Group, recipient of four Orders of Courage of Russia.
Valery Chekalov
Valery Chekalov
Name
Valery Chekalov
Age at death
47
Position
Russian Navy veteran, Wagner Group's head of security and foreign logistics that managed several front companies to coordinate activities in Libya and Syria.
October
October
Name
October
Vladimir Nekrasov
Vladimir Nekrasov
Name
Vladimir Nekrasov
Age at death
66
Position
Chairman of Lukoil
Date of death
October
Count of deaths
1
Circumstances
Died of acute heart failure.
November
November
Name
November
Vladimir Sviridov
Vladimir Sviridov
Name
Vladimir Sviridov
Age at death
68
Position
Former lieutenant-general of the 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
Date of death
November 2023
Count of deaths
2
Place body was discovered
Andzhievsky, Stavropol Krai
Circumstances
Found dead at home with his wife.
December
December
Name
December
Anna Tsavera
Anna Tsavera
Name
Anna Tsavera
Age at death
35
Position
Deputy editor-in-chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda
Date of death
"early" December
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Moscow
Circumstances
Found dead in her apartment, her boss Vladimir Sungorkin died suddenly the year prior.
Evgeny Postrigan
Evgeny Postrigan
Name
Evgeny Postrigan
Age at death
50
Position
Chief accountant at sanctioned Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev
Date of death
December 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Zheleznogorsk, Siberia
Circumstances
Found dead at the garage of his property, cause of death asphyxiation.
Vladimir Egorov
Vladimir Egorov
Name
Vladimir Egorov
Age at death
46
Position
Deputy of the Tobolsk City Duma
Date of death
27 December 2023
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Tobolsk, Tyumen Oblast
Circumstances
Found dead in the yard of his home from suspected three-story fall from building.
Name
Age at death
Position
Date of death
Count of deaths
Place body was discovered
Circumstances
January
Magomed Abdulaev
61
Former Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Dagestan [ru]
5 January 2023
1
Makhachkala, Dagestan
Died at a hospital after being hit by a car while crossing a street.
Dmitry Pavochka
49
Former manager of Roscosmos, Sukhoi, Lukoil, Bank Menatep and Russdragmet, while presently or formerly involved with many others.
26 January 2023
1
17th floor of a building on Leningradsky Avenue, Moscow
Burned alive after falling asleep with a lit cigarette.
February
Vladimir Makarov
72
Former Deputy Chief of the Russian Interior Ministry’s Main Directorate for Combating Extremism.
13 February 2023
1
At his suburban home northwest of Moscow
State-run TASS news agency reported him found dead, in an apparent suicide, following his dismissal by President Vladimir Putin.
Marina Yankina
58
Head of Finance and Procurement of the Western Military District
16 February 2023
1
House on Zamshina Street, St. Petersburg
Found dead after falling from a window on the 16th-floor of a high-rise building.
Viatcheslav Rovneiko
59
Oil magnate, co-founder of Urals Energy, co-owner of Belgian oil company Nafta (B) NV, director of Interregional Fuel Union; ex-KGB spy.
22 February 2023
1
Unspecified gated village near Moscow
Found unconscious in his house; subsequent medical help could not save his life.
April
Igor Shkurko
49
Deputy director of Yakutskenergo [ru].
4 April 2023
1
Pre-trial detention center in Yakutsk
Found dead in his cell; allegedly suicide.
May
Pyotr Kucherenko
46
State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
20 May 2023
1
Mineralnye Vody Airport, Stavropol Krai
Died after falling ill on board a flight from Cuba to Russia.
June
Yuri Demin
62
Former head of the State Inspectorate for Road Safety for the Sverdlovsk Oblast
4 June 2023
1
Sysert, Sverdlovsk Oblast
Found dead after falling from the second floor of his dacha during construction work.
Artyom Bartenev
42
Federal Judge of the Kirovsky District Court
8 June 2023
1
Underneath his apartment in Kazan, Tatarstan
Found dead after falling 12 stories from his apartment window.
Anatoly Beryozikov
40
Anti-war activist
14 June 2023
1
In his cell in Rostov-on-Don
He was in custody for minor offenders, scheduled to be released. Had his ribs broken, stun gun bruises. Died reportedly from suicide.
Grigory Klinishov
92
Physicist and co-creator of the Soviet hydrogen bomb RDS-37.
17 June 2023
1
Inside his apartment in Moscow
Found dead in his apartment from an apparent suicide, leaving a note.
Kristina Baikova
28
Vice-president of Loko-Bank [ru], head of department for work with corporate clients.
24 June 2023
1
Underneath her apartment in Khodynsky Boulevard, Moscow
Fell off her apartment at the 11th floor; circumstances of the incident have not yet been clarified.
July
Andrei Fomin
57
Prosecutor of Chuvashia (since 2020)
1 July 2023
1
In the Volga river near Cheboksary
Fell ill while swimming in the Volga river and drowned.
Aleksey Avramenko
46
Minister of Transport and Communications of Belarus (since 2019)
4 July 2023
1
Unknown
Died suddenly.
Alexander Nikolayev [ru]
72
Former Consul General of Russia to Crimea, and former Ambassador of Russia to Bangladesh
July 2023
1
Konakovo, Tver Oblast
Beaten up near his home and died three weeks later.
Natalia Bochkareva
44
Daughter of former Governor of Penza Oblast Vasily Bochkarev. Managed her family's lumber-processing and bakery businesses
14 July 2023
1
Moscow
Found dead inside her apartment.
Anton Cherepennikov [ru]
40
Billionaire owner and head of state-affiliated company Citadel specializing in digital wiretapping equipment and telecommunications monitoring technology, sanctioned by the US in February 2023
22 July 2023
1
Moscow
Found dead in his office.
August
Gennady Lopyrev
69
Former lieutenant-general in the Federal Protective Service and overseer of construction projects including Putin's palace.
16 August 2023
1
IK-3 prison colony, Ryazan Oblast
Imprisoned in the IK-3 prison in 2017 for taking bribes, charges he denied in 2016. Died of leukemia two days after diagnosis. News agencies reported no previous signs of the illness.
Yevgeny Prigozhin
62
Russian oligarch, mercenary, Wagner Group co-founder and leader, and former close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin until he launched a brief rebellion on 23 June 2023, exactly two months prior.
23 August 2023
10
Kuzhenkino, Bologovsky District, Tver Oblast
See also: 2023 Wagner Group plane crash An Embraer Legacy 600 business jet with registration number RA-02795 crashed during a regular high-altitude flight from Moscow to Saint Petersburg. Prigozhin, Utkin, and Chekalov were killed along with two Wagner veterans, two bodyguards, and the three flight staff. According to Wagner Group, the plane was shot down by air defenses, however according to the US government and aviation experts, the plane was downed by a bomb onboard or other sabotage.
Dmitry Utkin
53
Former special forces officer in the GRU, co-founder of Wagner Group, recipient of four Orders of Courage of Russia.
Valery Chekalov
47
Russian Navy veteran, Wagner Group's head of security and foreign logistics that managed several front companies to coordinate activities in Libya and Syria.
October
Vladimir Nekrasov
66
Chairman of Lukoil
October
1
Died of acute heart failure.
November
Vladimir Sviridov
68
Former lieutenant-general of the 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
November 2023
2
Andzhievsky, Stavropol Krai
Found dead at home with his wife.
December
Anna Tsavera
35
Deputy editor-in-chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda
"early" December
1
Moscow
Found dead in her apartment, her boss Vladimir Sungorkin died suddenly the year prior.
Evgeny Postrigan
50
Chief accountant at sanctioned Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev
December 2023
1
Zheleznogorsk, Siberia
Found dead at the garage of his property, cause of death asphyxiation.
Vladimir Egorov
46
Deputy of the Tobolsk City Duma
27 December 2023
1
Tobolsk, Tyumen Oblast
Found dead in the yard of his home from suspected three-story fall from building.
· Suspicious deaths › 2024
January
January
Name
January
Zoya Konovalova
Zoya Konovalova
Name
Zoya Konovalova
Age at death
48
Position
Editor-in-chief of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Kuban
Date of death
5 January 2024
Count of deaths
2
Place body was discovered
Krasnodar Krai
Circumstances
Died alongside her ex-husband in a suspected poisoning incident.
Alexander Rybin
Alexander Rybin
Name
Alexander Rybin
Age at death
39
Position
Russian journalist; freelanced for pro-Kremlin media while also working for pro-democratic platform Rabkor.
Date of death
6 January 2024
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Shakhty
Circumstances
Body was found dead near a highway.
February
February
Name
February
Ivan Sechin
Ivan Sechin
Name
Ivan Sechin
Age at death
35
Position
Employee of Rosneft. Son and heir apparent of Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin
Date of death
5 February 2024
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Moscow
Circumstances
Complained of kidney pain at his home mansion overnight and died within hours after ambulances failed to arrive in time, due to the security service providing the wrong address. Cause of death officially diagnosed as a blood clot. His father, Igor Sechin, blamed the Rosneft security service. The Daily Beast called it "bizarre circumstances".
Maxim Kuzminov
Maxim Kuzminov
Name
Maxim Kuzminov
Age at death
28
Position
Pilot
Date of death
13 February 2024
Count of deaths
1
Circumstances
After defecting to Ukraine, he was shot dead in Spain.
Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny
Name
Alexei Navalny
Age at death
47
Position
Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist
Date of death
16 February 2024
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Kharp Yamalia
Circumstances
Federal Penitentiary Service stated that he had died in prison in Yamalo-Nenets in Western Siberia after taking a walk and feeling unwell that morning.
Andrey Morozov
Andrey Morozov
Name
Andrey Morozov
Age at death
44
Position
Military blogger and war correspondent, former military combatant
Date of death
21 February 2024
Count of deaths
1
Circumstances
After posting about Russian casualties in the Battle of Avdiivka to his Telegram channel, Morozov deleted the post, claiming to be under orders by military command. The next day, he posted a suicide note blaming Vladimir Solovyov and killed himself by firearm.
March
March
Name
March
Vitaly Robertus
Vitaly Robertus
Name
Vitaly Robertus
Age at death
53
Position
Vice president of Lukoil
Date of death
13 March 2024
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Moscow
Circumstances
Reportedly committed suicide. He was found hanged in his Moscow office on 13 March 2024.
May
May
Name
May
Aleksandr Surikov
Aleksandr Surikov
Name
Aleksandr Surikov
Age at death
68
Position
Ambassador of Russia to Mozambique
Date of death
11 May 2024
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Maputo
Circumstances
Found dead at his home. Russian authorities denied a request for an autopsy from Maputo Central Hospital. An unsubstantiated report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via TASS listed the preliminary cause of death as a stroke.
June
June
Name
June
Natalia Larina
Natalia Larina
Name
Natalia Larina
Age at death
50
Position
Former judge of Moscow’s Tagansky District Court, involved in high-profile political cases
Date of death
5 June 2024
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Moscow
Circumstances
Found dead after falling from her apartment in a high-rise building in Moscow 2024.
Dzianis Sidarenka
Dzianis Sidarenka
Name
Dzianis Sidarenka
Age at death
48
Position
Ambassador of Belarus to Germany
Date of death
24 June 2024
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Minsk
Circumstances
Found dead after falling out of a window after interrogation, suspected suicide.
July
July
Name
July
Valentina Bondarenko
Valentina Bondarenko
Name
Valentina Bondarenko
Age at death
82
Position
Economist at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Date of death
23 July 2024
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Moscow
Circumstances
Found dead after falling out of the window of her Moscow-area apartment building.
Georgy Chibisov
Georgy Chibisov
Name
Georgy Chibisov
Age at death
44
Position
Marketing Director of the Moscow Exchange
Date of death
27 July 2024
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Moskva river near Moscow
Circumstances
Found drowned in the river after falling off of a cruise ship while trying to use its diving platform alone.
September
September
Name
September
Victoria Roshchyna
Victoria Roshchyna
Name
Victoria Roshchyna
Age at death
27
Position
Ukrainian freelance journalist for Ukrainska Pravda, Radio Free Europe, and Hromadske. Reported on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Siege of Mariupol.
Date of death
19 September 2024
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Russia
Circumstances
Died in Russian detention, reportedly while being transferred to Moscow from a prison in Taganrog as part of a prisoner swap.
October
October
Name
October
Mikhail Rogachev
Mikhail Rogachev
Name
Mikhail Rogachev
Age at death
64
Position
Former vice president of Yukos, former executive director of ONEXIM Group, former deputy general director of Norilsk Nickel
Date of death
20 October 2024
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Moscow
Circumstances
Found dead after falling out of the window of his Moscow-area apartment building.
November
November
Name
November
Alexei Zimin
Alexei Zimin
Name
Alexei Zimin
Age at death
52
Position
TV Chef and restaurant owner
Date of death
12 November 2024
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Belgrade
Circumstances
Found dead in his hotel room. Zimin had previously criticised Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. He spent his final years exiled in the UK.
Vladimir Shklyarov
Vladimir Shklyarov
Name
Vladimir Shklyarov
Age at death
39
Position
Ballet dancer
Date of death
16 November 2024
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Saint Petersburg
Circumstances
Fell from the fifth floor of his apartment building, reportedly trying to escape from his apartment. In 2022, he had strongly criticized Putin's war in Ukraine in a social media post.
Name
Age at death
Position
Date of death
Count of deaths
Place body was discovered
Circumstances
January
Zoya Konovalova
48
Editor-in-chief of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Kuban
5 January 2024
2
Krasnodar Krai
Died alongside her ex-husband in a suspected poisoning incident.
Alexander Rybin
39
Russian journalist; freelanced for pro-Kremlin media while also working for pro-democratic platform Rabkor.
6 January 2024
1
Shakhty
Body was found dead near a highway.
February
Ivan Sechin
35
Employee of Rosneft. Son and heir apparent of Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin
5 February 2024
1
Moscow
Complained of kidney pain at his home mansion overnight and died within hours after ambulances failed to arrive in time, due to the security service providing the wrong address. Cause of death officially diagnosed as a blood clot. His father, Igor Sechin, blamed the Rosneft security service. The Daily Beast called it "bizarre circumstances".
Maxim Kuzminov
28
Pilot
13 February 2024
1
After defecting to Ukraine, he was shot dead in Spain.
Alexei Navalny
47
Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist
16 February 2024
1
Kharp Yamalia
Federal Penitentiary Service stated that he had died in prison in Yamalo-Nenets in Western Siberia after taking a walk and feeling unwell that morning.
Andrey Morozov
44
Military blogger and war correspondent, former military combatant
21 February 2024
1
After posting about Russian casualties in the Battle of Avdiivka to his Telegram channel, Morozov deleted the post, claiming to be under orders by military command. The next day, he posted a suicide note blaming Vladimir Solovyov and killed himself by firearm.
March
Vitaly Robertus
53
Vice president of Lukoil
13 March 2024
1
Moscow
Reportedly committed suicide. He was found hanged in his Moscow office on 13 March 2024.
May
Aleksandr Surikov
68
Ambassador of Russia to Mozambique
11 May 2024
1
Maputo
Found dead at his home. Russian authorities denied a request for an autopsy from Maputo Central Hospital. An unsubstantiated report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via TASS listed the preliminary cause of death as a stroke.
June
Natalia Larina
50
Former judge of Moscow’s Tagansky District Court, involved in high-profile political cases
5 June 2024
1
Moscow
Found dead after falling from her apartment in a high-rise building in Moscow 2024.
Dzianis Sidarenka
48
Ambassador of Belarus to Germany
24 June 2024
1
Minsk
Found dead after falling out of a window after interrogation, suspected suicide.
July
Valentina Bondarenko
82
Economist at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
23 July 2024
1
Moscow
Found dead after falling out of the window of her Moscow-area apartment building.
Georgy Chibisov
44
Marketing Director of the Moscow Exchange
27 July 2024
1
Moskva river near Moscow
Found drowned in the river after falling off of a cruise ship while trying to use its diving platform alone.
September
Victoria Roshchyna
27
Ukrainian freelance journalist for Ukrainska Pravda, Radio Free Europe, and Hromadske. Reported on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Siege of Mariupol.
19 September 2024
1
Russia
Died in Russian detention, reportedly while being transferred to Moscow from a prison in Taganrog as part of a prisoner swap.
October
Mikhail Rogachev
64
Former vice president of Yukos, former executive director of ONEXIM Group, former deputy general director of Norilsk Nickel
20 October 2024
1
Moscow
Found dead after falling out of the window of his Moscow-area apartment building.
November
Alexei Zimin
52
TV Chef and restaurant owner
12 November 2024
1
Belgrade
Found dead in his hotel room. Zimin had previously criticised Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. He spent his final years exiled in the UK.
Vladimir Shklyarov
39
Ballet dancer
16 November 2024
1
Saint Petersburg
Fell from the fifth floor of his apartment building, reportedly trying to escape from his apartment. In 2022, he had strongly criticized Putin's war in Ukraine in a social media post.
· Suspicious deaths › 2025
February
February
Name
February
Artur Priakhin
Artur Priakhin
Name
Artur Priakhin
Age at death
56
Position
Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service in the republic of Karelia
Date of death
4 February 2025
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Petrozavodsk
Circumstances
Was found dead outside his office after having fallen from a fifth-floor window from an unspecified office.
Vadim Stroykin
Vadim Stroykin
Name
Vadim Stroykin
Age at death
59
Position
Musician
Date of death
5 February 2025
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
St. Petersburg
Circumstances
Fell from a ninth-floor window of his apartment, while being investigated by security services for donating to the Ukrainian army.
March
March
Name
March
Buvaisar Saitiev
Buvaisar Saitiev
Name
Buvaisar Saitiev
Age at death
49
Position
Former State Duma lawmaker from Dagestan and multiple-time Olympic and World Champion in freestyle wrestling
Date of death
2 March 2025
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Moscow
Circumstances
Fell from the window of his third-floor apartment on Minskaya Street in Moscow. He reportedly had no visible injuries afterwards, and could not explain what had happened to him. On March 2, Saitiev was reported dead in a Moscow hospital after being admitted with fractures to his pelvis, ribs, and spine. Early medical assessments considered possible poisoning, while some reports suggested he had lung disease and used strong painkillers, with death potentially resulting from cardiac arrest due to intoxication.
July
July
Name
July
Andrei Badalov
Andrei Badalov
Name
Andrei Badalov
Age at death
62
Position
A vice president of Russian oil pipeline company Transneft
Date of death
4 July 2025
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Moscow
Circumstances
Badalov's body was found below a window in front of a house in Rublyovka. Russian police classified the death as a suicide.
Roman Starovoyt
Roman Starovoyt
Name
Roman Starovoyt
Age at death
53
Position
Russian Minister of Transport, dismissed on the same day
Date of death
Before 7 July 2025
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Moscow
Circumstances
According to the Russian media, quoted by Reuters, Starovoyt "has shot himself".
Andrey Korneichuk
Andrey Korneichuk
Name
Andrey Korneichuk
Age at death
42
Position
An official from the Federal Agency for Rail Transport
Date of death
7 July 2025
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Moscow
Circumstances
Russian state media reported that Korneichuk possibly died from "acute heart failure" while in his office.
August
August
Name
August
Mikhail Kenin
Mikhail Kenin
Name
Mikhail Kenin
Age at death
57
Position
The largest shareholder of Russian property developer Samolet Group
Date of death
10 August 2025
Count of deaths
1
Circumstances
Samolet Group announced his death in a press release without revealing the cause of his death.
Dmitri Osipov
Dmitri Osipov
Name
Dmitri Osipov
Age at death
59
Position
CEO of Uralkali, PJSC VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation, until on April 4, 2023, he left the company "due to personal circumstances."
Date of death
12 August 2025
Count of deaths
1
Circumstances
According to the Uralkali communication he died "suddenly", and no cause of death was specified.
September
September
Name
September
Alexey Sinitsyn
Alexey Sinitsyn
Name
Alexey Sinitsyn
Position
CEO of potash producer K-Potash Service
Date of death
8 September 2025
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Solnechnoye, Kaliningrad
Circumstances
Sinitsyn's decapitated body was found under a bridge in Kaliningrad Oblast. According to RIA Novosti, his body had a tow rope attached to it.
Alexander Tyunin
Alexander Tyunin
Name
Alexander Tyunin
Age at death
50
Position
general director of NPK Khimprominzhiniring, a subsidiary of the state-owned nuclear giant Rosatom
Date of death
19 September 2025
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Kokoshkino, Moscow
Circumstances
Tyunin's body was found besides a hunting rifle and a note in a road in Kokoshkino. Russian police reported his death as a suicide.
Alexander Fedotov
Alexander Fedotov
Name
Alexander Fedotov
Age at death
49
Position
former chairman of the Committee on Transportation Infrastructure Development of St Petersburg
Date of death
24 September 2025
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow
Circumstances
His body was found below the window of a hotel room at Sheremetyevo Airport, with suicide suspected as the cause of death.
Vitaly Kapustin
Vitaly Kapustin
Name
Vitaly Kapustin
Age at death
43
Position
local deputy in the Krasnodar region’s Tikhoretsky District Council
Date of death
25 September 2025
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Novorozhdestvenskaya, Krasnodar Krai
Circumstances
Kapustin was found hanged in a tree from a cable conected to his SUV, his hands were tied behind his back.
October
October
Name
October
Vyacheslav Leontyev
Vyacheslav Leontyev
Name
Vyacheslav Leontyev
Age at death
87
Position
former head of the Pravda publishing house
Date of death
5 October 2025
Count of deaths
1
Place body was discovered
Moscow
Circumstances
Alleged fall from a window of his apartment on the fifth floor.
November
November
Name
November
Alexei Dolgikh
Alexei Dolgikh
Name
Alexei Dolgikh
Age at death
36
Position
Cryptocurrency and blockchain investment magnate
Date of death
9 November 2025
Count of deaths
2
Place body was discovered
Moscow
Circumstances
Dolgikh was reported to have lost control of his Lamborghini while driving on a highway north of Moscow. The car overturned, crashed into a guardrail and caught fire. Dolgikh and one of his passengers died, while two others were seriously injured.
Name
Age at death
Position
Date of death
Count of deaths
Place body was discovered
Circumstances
February
Artur Priakhin
56
Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service in the republic of Karelia
4 February 2025
1
Petrozavodsk
Was found dead outside his office after having fallen from a fifth-floor window from an unspecified office.
Vadim Stroykin
59
Musician
5 February 2025
1
St. Petersburg
Fell from a ninth-floor window of his apartment, while being investigated by security services for donating to the Ukrainian army.
March
Buvaisar Saitiev
49
Former State Duma lawmaker from Dagestan and multiple-time Olympic and World Champion in freestyle wrestling
2 March 2025
1
Moscow
Fell from the window of his third-floor apartment on Minskaya Street in Moscow. He reportedly had no visible injuries afterwards, and could not explain what had happened to him. On March 2, Saitiev was reported dead in a Moscow hospital after being admitted with fractures to his pelvis, ribs, and spine. Early medical assessments considered possible poisoning, while some reports suggested he had lung disease and used strong painkillers, with death potentially resulting from cardiac arrest due to intoxication.
July
Andrei Badalov
62
A vice president of Russian oil pipeline company Transneft
4 July 2025
1
Moscow
Badalov's body was found below a window in front of a house in Rublyovka. Russian police classified the death as a suicide.
Roman Starovoyt
53
Russian Minister of Transport, dismissed on the same day
Before 7 July 2025
1
Moscow
According to the Russian media, quoted by Reuters, Starovoyt "has shot himself".
Andrey Korneichuk
42
An official from the Federal Agency for Rail Transport
7 July 2025
1
Moscow
Russian state media reported that Korneichuk possibly died from "acute heart failure" while in his office.
August
Mikhail Kenin
57
The largest shareholder of Russian property developer Samolet Group
10 August 2025
1
Samolet Group announced his death in a press release without revealing the cause of his death.
Dmitri Osipov
59
CEO of Uralkali, PJSC VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation, until on April 4, 2023, he left the company "due to personal circumstances."
12 August 2025
1
According to the Uralkali communication he died "suddenly", and no cause of death was specified.
September
Alexey Sinitsyn
CEO of potash producer K-Potash Service
8 September 2025
1
Solnechnoye, Kaliningrad
Sinitsyn's decapitated body was found under a bridge in Kaliningrad Oblast. According to RIA Novosti, his body had a tow rope attached to it.
Alexander Tyunin
50
general director of NPK Khimprominzhiniring, a subsidiary of the state-owned nuclear giant Rosatom
19 September 2025
1
Kokoshkino, Moscow
Tyunin's body was found besides a hunting rifle and a note in a road in Kokoshkino. Russian police reported his death as a suicide.
Alexander Fedotov
49
former chairman of the Committee on Transportation Infrastructure Development of St Petersburg
24 September 2025
1
Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow
His body was found below the window of a hotel room at Sheremetyevo Airport, with suicide suspected as the cause of death.
Vitaly Kapustin
43
local deputy in the Krasnodar region’s Tikhoretsky District Council
25 September 2025
1
Novorozhdestvenskaya, Krasnodar Krai
Kapustin was found hanged in a tree from a cable conected to his SUV, his hands were tied behind his back.
October
Vyacheslav Leontyev
87
former head of the Pravda publishing house
5 October 2025
1
Moscow
Alleged fall from a window of his apartment on the fifth floor.
November
Alexei Dolgikh
36
Cryptocurrency and blockchain investment magnate
9 November 2025
2
Moscow
Dolgikh was reported to have lost control of his Lamborghini while driving on a highway north of Moscow. The car overturned, crashed into a guardrail and caught fire. Dolgikh and one of his passengers died, while two others were seriously injured.

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