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Zorro

(18,329 posts)
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 12:15 PM 1 hr ago

Putin's 'Keeper of Secrets' Dies Suddenly After Firing

Colonel-General Yuri Sadovenko’s sudden Christmas Day death is just the latest around Putin’s orbit.

Vladimir Putin’s “keeper of secrets” died on Christmas Day, less than two years after the Russian president fired him.

Colonel-General Yuri Sadovenko, 56, died from “heart disease” on Christmas Day in Moscow, according to Russian news outlets. The Sun reports that the Ukrainian-born Sadovenko was close to former Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu.

Sadovenko served as the deputy defense minister up until he and Shoigu were ousted in May 2024 as part of a massive shakeup at the Kremlin. Shoigu, to whom Sadavenko had reportedly acted as a “gatekeeper,” is now the secretary of Russia’s security council.

Sadavenko, who had been sanctioned by Britain and other western states, reportedly showed no signs of ill health before his death.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-keeper-of-secrets-dies-suddenly-after-firing/

Looks like Sadovenko just got deorbited...
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Putin's 'Keeper of Secrets' Dies Suddenly After Firing (Original Post) Zorro 1 hr ago OP
At least Putin is using a different excuse and this guy did not fall out of window LetMyPeopleVote 1 hr ago #1
Heart disease is when your heart stops beating by accident. Irish_Dem 1 hr ago #2
So, I suppose an agent walked by him and Ilsa 1 hr ago #3
K&R UTUSN 1 hr ago #4
"...reportedly showed no signs of ill health before his death." markodochartaigh 1 hr ago #5
First, Putin fires'em and then, he fires them meow2u3 42 min ago #6

Ilsa

(63,786 posts)
3. So, I suppose an agent walked by him and
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 12:43 PM
1 hr ago

injected him using a trigger on a fake umbrella. The substance gave him a heart attack.

KGB and FSB have used this trick before.

markodochartaigh

(4,916 posts)
5. "...reportedly showed no signs of ill health before his death."
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 12:48 PM
1 hr ago

Seems to me like the first sign of ill health was being fired by Putin.

meow2u3

(25,239 posts)
6. First, Putin fires'em and then, he fires them
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 01:14 PM
42 min ago

Dismiss from employment, dismiss from life. Putin the serial murderer.

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