Putin’s mysterious death list is getting longer: Next top manager found dead

Was he a thorn in the side of Putin’s regime? Pavel Pchelnikov is dead – the top manager joins the long list of high-ranking officers and oligarchs who mysteriously died.

Munich / Moscow – Another Russian oligarch dies in a mysterious way: This time Pavel Pchelnikov (52), the director of the subsidiary of the Russian railways, gets it. He was found on the balcony of his Moscow apartment.

Media in Russia speak of suicide, but there are other theories – he could have been on the death list of Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin. At 6:30 a.m. local time, Pchelnikov was found dead, according to the local newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets writes. The Russian media also said the injuries point to a suicide.

Putin regime responsible for the killing? Long list of mysterious deaths

Other sources, on the other hand, suspect a targeted killing. The website Top Cargo 200 has compiled a list of hundreds of dead high-ranking officers in the Ukraine war and oligarchs using open-source information. There it says, for example, that a shot killed Pchelnikov. The reason: Pchelnikov was accused of not having provided enough protection for the Russian railway network.

Because of Ukrainian hackers, there were repeated delays in supplying the Russian armed forces. This theory is also supported by Anton Gerashchenko, adviser in the Ukrainian Interior Ministry. He told the Swiss daily View: “There were breakdowns in the Russian railways, which prevented the timely delivery of military supplies to the Russian occupying army.”

Pchelnikov is next in the list of prominent names who died in unclear ways – officially mostly suicides. Gazprom top manager Alexander Tyulyakov is said to have hanged himself in his garage on February 25, the day after Russia invaded Ukraine. On March 24, Vasily Melinkov, head of a medical technology company, died. He is said to have stabbed himself and his family.

The death of ex-vice president of Gazprombank Vladislav Avayev is similar: on April 18 he is said to have shot himself and his family with a pistol, as did oligarch Sergei Protosenya on April 21 and Yuri Voronov, head of logistics -Astra Shippin company, on July 4th. Lukoil manager Alexander Subbotin died on April 18, allegedly while undergoing occult treatment for his alcohol addiction. (cg)

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