What happened to other Vladimir Putin critics like Alexei Navalny? Hint: Poisoning, shooting, window falls
Navalny's death was ascertained, his mother was told on Saturday that Russian leader was struck down by "sudden death syndrome" and that his body would not be handed over to the family until an investigation was completed, his team was quoted by Reuters as saying. Navalny's death brought back into focus other critics and foes of Putin who died in "mysterious" circumstances. Here's a look at some other foes of Russian President Putin and their “mysterious fate": Yevgeny Prigozhin and the top lieutenants of his Wagner private military company were killed in a plane crash in August 2023.
The incident was reported two months after he launched an armed rebellion that Putin labelled “a stab in the back" and “treason". Prigozhin had vowed to topple the Russian military leadership and questioned the motives for going to war in Ukraine. According to reports, Prigozhin's mutiny was suddenly aborted as he ordered his troops to lay down their arms.
This happened before they were relocated to Belarus under a deal brokered by that country’s Russia-allied president, Alexander Lukashenko. Two months later, the business jet Prigozhin was flying on from Moscow to St Petersburg reportedly exploded. The Kremlin has denied any involvement in the accident.
Ravil Maganov died after reportedly falling from a sixth-floor window at the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow. The chairman of the board of Russia’s second-largest oil producer Lukoil met a tragic end six months after he openly criticised the war in Ukraine, the Independent reported. It was the eighth time in 2022 that a Russian energy executive has died suddenly and under unusual circumstances, CNBC reported.
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