Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine they have occurred in Russia Dozens of sound suicides and violent deaths, starring senior officials, managers, culture personalities, journalists or citizens persecuted for its opposition to the Kremlin.
Some of those deaths were consummated when the victim fell from the window of a building, which has triggered speculation that, in reality, it was not always a suicide, but a death staged by security forces.
The last suspicious case is that of Former Transport Minister Román Starovaitdismissed on Monday by the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and that . Presented bullet wounds and is speculated that he committed suicide because it was going to be denounced for corruption.
These are the main cases that occurred in the Federation Since February 24, 2022when the “special military operation” of Kremlin was launched.
Senior officials
Román Starovoit transport minister was found dead near his car on the outskirts of Moscow, where He shot with a Makárov gunaccording to the authorities. Although it is unknown when life was removed, the news of Starovoit’s death jumped to light on Monday, hours after his dismissal By order of the president ,.
The reason for this decision is unknown, although the media point to the collapse of airport transport caused by the Ukrainian drones And the cases of corruption during his term as governor of a border region of Ukraine.
Last week He died after the window of a housing building the vice president of the State Consortium Transneft Andréi Badalov. According to Telegram channels, before suicide he wrote a farewell letter To his wife. Transneft has the largest system of Pipelines of the world, with almost 50,000 kilometers.
Enemies of Kremlin
He Russian opposition leader died in February 2024 while serving a long penalty in an Arctic prison. The authorities reported on the sudden death of the politician, but both the family and the opposition and the Western Chancellors held the Kremlin.
His main collaborators accused the Russian president of obstructing his I exchange for Russian prisoners in Western prisonswhich would have saved his life.
Meanwhile, hundreds of doctors had addressed in more than one occasion to Putin to guarantee the medical care of the opponent, which had already been Victim in 2020 of an attempt at poisoning murder.
The businessman and founder of the Wagner Group He died in August 2023 when he crashed to the private plane in which he was traveling northwest of Moscow. The incident took place three months after a Armed uprising of just 24 hours during which he took several military garrisons in the south of the country and even advanced with a mechanized column to Moscow.
Putin, who at first accused betrayal To Prigozhin, although he later received him personally at Kremlin, he explained that the reason for the accident had been a accidental explosion And not the demolition of the device with a missile, as the press, the relatives and co -religionists of Prigozhin speculated.
State Corporations Managers
In September 2022 he died El Presidente de la Petrolera Lukoil Ravil Privatewho fell Through a window from the Central Clinical Hospital of Moscow where I was admitted.
Magánov, 67 and that dragged a long illnessaccording to company sources, had been hospitalized after suffering a heart attack. Although he took antidepressants, close to the deceased They ruled out suicide.
His vice president, Vitali Robertus, had committed suicide in his office in March of that same year. The press later reported that this manager was investigated for receiving bribes. In total, they are four Lukoil managers dead in the first months of war.
In April 2022, former Gazprombank Vladislav Aváev was found dead, Next to the bodies of his wife and daughter in a house southwest of Moscow.
Day later, in a very similar case, the lifeless bodies were also found in a home in the director of the Novatek consortium, his wife and daughter.
Military, artists and journalists
He Pilot Rus Maxim Kuzminovwhat was there Deserted To Ukraine, he was shot in February 2024 in the Spanish town of, which was confirmed by Ukrainian military intelligence.
The head of the Russian exterior espionage service, Serguéi Narishkin, said that Kuzminov was a “traitor”, which “became a moral corpse at the time he planned his dirty and terrible crime. “
A famous dancer From the Mariunski theater in St. Petersburg, Vladimir Shkliarov, died in November 2024 after falling From the fifth floor of a building. The 39 -year -old artist who dragged back problems, had been shown Very critical with the Kremlin for his actions in Ukraine.
In February 2024 The popular military volunteer and blogger Andréi Morózov was committed suicidecommonly known to the alias of Murz. Left a note in which he denounced Pressures To delete a publication in which he warned about the large number of casualties in the battle for the control of Avdivka, in the Donetsk region.
Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roschina died in a Russian prison in September 2024. It had been arrested after informing about the brutal Russian siege of the city of. The Ukrainian justice denounced that the reporter, whose body was delivered to the kyiv authorities, was murdered after being brutally tortured.
Earl this year, he committed suicide in St. Petersburg the Singor Vadim Stroikinthat fell out the window while the police recorded their domicile for allegedly donating money to the Ukrainian army.
