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Oil tycoon falls to his death from elite Moscow apartment block in latest mystery death to hit Russia

2025-07-05

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A top Russian oil tycoon has died after mysteriously plunging 180ft from a window at his luxury Moscow home.

The body of Andrey Badalov, 62, was discovered this morning at the bottom of an exclusive high-rise apartment building in Moscow's affluent Rublevskoye neighbourhood.

Badalov was the vice-president of state-owned oil pipeline monopoly Transneft.

He reportedly lived on the building's 10th floor but fell from the 17th storey, according to local media.

The 10th floor wouldn’t kill him dead enough.

A source said the 'preliminary cause' of death is 'suicide', as investigators reportedly discovered a note Badalov had left to his wife.

Badalov had been appointed vice-president for the oil giant in 2021 during a 'complex and tense period' and had been credited with helping the company 'overcome the challenges' posed by Western sanctions.

He previously worked at the state-owned Voskhod Scientific Research Institute.

He had also studied at the General Staff Academy of the Armed Forces, which trains high-level officers and state managers.

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