Another dead Russian. Amb to Sudan found dead in his swimming pool. 9th Russian diplomat in year.

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3. List

1. Russian politician who fled to Ukaine shot dead
Denis Voronenkov, 45, was gunned down Thursday outside a hotel in Kiev.

2. Russian ambassador to the UN suddenly dies
Vitaly Churkin, 64, Russia's ambassador to the United Nations

3. Russian ambassador to India dies after brief illness
Alexander Kadakin, 67, the Russian ambassador to India

4. Russian diplomat found dead in Athens
Andrey Malanin, a senior diplomat at the Russian embassy in Greece, was found dead in early January.

5. Former intelligence official found dead in his car
Oleg Erovinkin, who had close ties to Russian intelligence, was found dead on December 26 sitting in his car on the streets of Moscow. Suspected source for the Steele dossier.

6. Diplomat fatally shot in back
Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, 62, was assassinated in Ankara on December 20

7. Russian diplomat shot to death in Moscow
The same day as Karlov's killing, Petr Polshikov, 56, a senior Russian diplomat, was shot to death in his Moscow home.

8. Russian official in NYC dies on Election Day
On the morning of the U.S. election, November 8, about an hour after the first polls opened in New York City, police received a 911 call about an unconscious man inside the Russian consulate. When they arrived, they found Sergei Krivov, 63. Russian embassy first said fell from roof, then said heart attack. Police report said trauma to head.

Bonus: Russian lawyer for whistleblower is nearly killed