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It referred to a previous investigation by USA Today, which concluded that "38 Russian businessmen and oligarchs close to the Kremlin died in mysterious or suspicious circumstances between 2014 and 2017." [5] The phenomenon has been called "sudden Russian death syndrome" or "sudden oligarch death syndrome", a play on sudden arrhythmic death ...
Shot twice in the head with a Glock 26 by a Russian contract killer. Yevgeny Prigozhin, Dmitry Utkin, Valery Chekalov, and seven others: Russian oligarch and leader of Wagner Group, Wagner commanders, air crew 2023-08-24 Kuzhenkino, Tver Oblast Russia: 10 (including 7 targets) 0 Killed in plane crash after likely bomb exploded on board.
Mikhail Yuryevich Lesin (Russian: Михаил Юрьевич Лесин; 11 July 1958 – 5 November 2015) was a Russian political figure, media executive and advisor to president Vladimir Putin. [1] In 2006, he was awarded the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", one of Russia's highest state decorations for civilians.
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A Russian journalist who accused Putin of creating a police state, Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in 2006 outside her apartment. When five men were convicted of her murder, the judge found it was ...
In response to the invasion of Ukraine, nations around the world continue to target Russia’s oligarchs, the class of wealthy elites who make up some of President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies.
[3] [7] In 2004 his son Nikolay Smolensky purchased the sportscar maker TVR. [3] (The company went bankrupt in 2007. [8]) In the period from 2006 to 2011, the former oligarch became interested in literary work and published 7 books in the political thriller genre. The opuses were based on real stories from the life of the Russian elite. [9]
Daniel Treisman proposed using a term "silovarch" (silovik and oligarch) for a new class of Russian oligarchs with backgrounds in Russian military and intelligence. [39] On 30 January 2018, the U.S. Treasury published a "list of oligarchs" as part of a document known as the "Putin list" which was compiled under the requirement of the CAATSA Act.