Vladimir Egorov, politician from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party, He was found dead in the backyard of his home. in Tobolsk, Siberia.
On the body “there are no external signs of violence”, investigators explained to the local press. Apparently, the politician fell from a window on the third floor of his house.
According to the Russian Telegram Baza channel, which cites security sources, Egorov fell from the third floor window of a house on Kedrovaya Street, in Tobolsk, Tyumen district.
Meanwhile, the Russian newspaper Izvestia He also mentioned the possibility that Egorov fell from a window. of a third floor. Local newspaper 72.ru quoted one witness as saying that Egorov fell from a window, while another said that he had “heart problems”.
The investigators in charge of the case have ordered an autopsy and are awaiting the results to establish the causes of death.
The Russian media reported it the police have not yet established the cause of Egorov’s death46 years old, but the Tobolsk city Duma (parliament) published an obituary on its social media page saying Yegorov has died “following an accident”.
The unofficial Baza Telegram channel, which has links to Russian security services, said Egorov’s body “was discovered on Wednesday in the courtyard of his house on Kedrovaya Street.”
Egorov’s death expands the list of deaths in unclear circumstances of prominent Russian figures, including several businessmen linked to Russia’s two largest energy companies.
Among them is Ravil Maganov, chairman of Lukoil, Russia’s second-largest oil and gas company, who last year spoke out against Russia’s war in Ukraine. The tycoon he died falling from a hospital window in Moscowaccording to the TASS news agency.
Another name on the list is Pavel Antov, the former “Sausage King” turned deputy of the United Russia party. Antov, who in 2018 topped the Forbes list of the country’s 100 richest civil servants, He died almost a year ago in India after falling from the third floor of his hotel.
Months earlier, he affirmed his support for Putin after he denied posting a pacifist message on WhatsApp, explaining it as an “unfortunate misunderstanding and technical error.”
In February, the body of a senior Russian Defense Ministry official was found on the street in front of the apartment complex where he lived in the Russian city of St. Petersburg. The investigation established that Marina Yankina fell from a window of the building,
In May, Russian Deputy Minister of Science and Education Pyotr Kucherenko he died after falling ill while traveling on a plane with a Russian delegation returning from a business trip to Cuba. A journalist who said he had spoken to Kucherenko months earlier said the man feared for his safety.
In early July 2022, Yuri Voronov, a 61-year-old Russian executive linked to the energy giant Gazprom, was found dead in his luxury villa on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, with a bullet in his head, floating in water and with a gun nearby.
Source: Clarin
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