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Mystery as multi-millionaire Russian gas executive is found hanged and his wife and daughter, 18, hacked to death in their Spanish villa days after ex Gazprombank official and his family were discovered dead in Moscow flat
2022-04-22
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Sergey Protosenya, 55, is believed to have carried out the murder-suicide

  • He was found hanged in the courtyard of his holiday home in Spain, and his wife Natalia and their 18-year-old daughter were found murdered inside

  • Police are reportedly working to the assumption he killed them before taking his own life. However, reports suggest the evidence is not conclusive

  • It comes after another Russian businessman, Vladislav Avayev, 51, was found dead in Moscow with his wife Yelena, 47, and their younger daughter Maria

  • Both men, found just one day apart, had separate links to Russian gas companies

  • Protosenya, who had a fortune of over £330 million, was Deputy Chairman on the Board of Directors for natural gas company Novatek for seven years

  • Avayev was previously a vice president at Gazprombank - a bank that was created to work for Russian gas giant Gazprom - and had also been a Kremlin official
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Vladislav Avayev: 2022-04-20 Ex Kremlin official and Gazprombank vice president is found dead 'with gun in his hand' in his luxury Moscow apartment beside bodies of his wife and daughter, 13
Posted by:Skidmark

#17  I came here with the ice axe, but Rob beat me to it.
Posted by: KBK   2022-04-22 22:46  

#16  
Posted by: Fester Splat1466   2022-04-22 22:40  

#15  What a shame, NOT.
Posted by: Fester Splat1466   2022-04-22 21:37  

#14  What do you call Slavic Arkancide?
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2022-04-22 19:48  

#13  Mafia style Early Retirement Plan.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2022-04-22 17:06  

#12  "He fell down an elevator shaft.. onto some bullets."
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2022-04-22 14:25  

#11  Honestly surprised they didn't go with a classic and put an ice pick in his ear.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2022-04-22 13:29  

#10  I cannot recall a genuine case of murder suicide where the perp HACKED to death his family before doing himself. This is a signature killing by some very nasty people over a lot of stolen money and betrayal of profound trust.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2022-04-22 12:35  

#9  Murder-Suicide huh. Did he throw himself out the window for the hanging bit?

Police are reportedly working to the assumption he killed them before taking his own life.

Interesting take.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-04-22 11:38  

#8  "Mystery"....
I do not think that word means what you think it means....
Posted by: Mercutio   2022-04-22 10:11  

#7  Remember that series of deaths when the Saudis played Survivorâ„¢?
Posted by: magpie   2022-04-22 09:52  

#6  kashogi casserole mayhaps?
Posted by: Greng Black3494   2022-04-22 09:24  

#5  Let's not disregard the possibility that Sergey had information that would lead to the criminal prosecution of Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: Matt   2022-04-22 08:59  

#4  If this is a message to Putin, please continue to re-transmit.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-04-22 08:18  

#3  He could be cleaning house.

Both guys are alleged to be Putin supporters.
Posted by: SteveS   2022-04-22 08:13  

#2  
Those with $$$$$ are Putin's biggest at home threat to the rebuilding the USSR Empire.

He could be cleaning house.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-04-22 07:02  

#1  Yeah, a complete mystery.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2022-04-22 06:52  

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