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Uncle Joe

(65,169 posts) Fri Apr 22, 2022, 11:41 AM Apr 2022

2 Russian oligarchs were found dead one day apart alongside their wives and children, reports say [View all]

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Vladislav Avayev, the former vice president of Gazprombank, was found dead of a gunshot wound in his Moscow apartment on Monday, Russia's state-run Tass news agency reported.

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Investigators wrote in their statement that they are prioritizing a theory that Avayev shot his wife and daughter, and then himself.

More than 2,000 miles away, in Spain, another oligarch — Sergei Protosenya — was found hanged, with his wife and daughter stabbed to death, Spanish TV channel Telecinco reported. His body was found Tuesday, Spanish outlet El Punta Vui reported.

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Mossos D'Esquadra did not assign a motive, but according to El Punta Vui, a working theory for investigators is also that Protosenya killed his family before hanging himself.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/2-russian-oligarchs-found-dead-spain-moscow-reports-2022-4

Things that make you go hmmm.

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2 Russian oligarchs were found dead one day apart alongside their wives and children, reports say [View all] Uncle Joe Apr 2022 OP

Kind of like that Russian guy who was found dead of widespread blunt force trauma inside of RockRaven Apr 2022 #1

I remember. 2015. His name was Mikhail Lesin. Dead Russian. James48 Apr 2022 #28

Sounds like Putin's handiwork. zuul Apr 2022 #2

Hit job but by whom? Sanity Claws Apr 2022 #3

Pure coincidence Achilleaze Apr 2022 #4

Marital discord, my azz....... secondwind Apr 2022 #5

Bottom line ... Spain has better gun control laws than Russia. rickford66 Apr 2022 #6

Was Layla playing in the background? BeyondGeography Apr 2022 #7

"a working theory for investigators is ... that Protosenya killed his family before hanging himself" PSPS Apr 2022 #8

They Kill Your Family Too DanieRains Apr 2022 #9

So if the family is gone, who inherits? Putin? housecat Apr 2022 #10

Message sent. KPN Apr 2022 #11

Might explain why Republicans march behind Putin so readily. Chakaconcarne Apr 2022 #12

so where was the Easter Bunny at the time? huh? guess nobody knows for sure... bringthePaine Apr 2022 #13

my money's on Wile E. Coyote speak easy Apr 2022 #16

well, well now Snoopy 7 Apr 2022 #14

Or. . . NQAS Apr 2022 #15

Whoa! PatSeg Apr 2022 #17

No second-story windows for them to jump out of after viciously beating themselves first? Hekate Apr 2022 #18

Reading what the Russians have done in Ukraine.. they probably killed the families in front of the Peacetrain Apr 2022 #19

Actually quite subtle for a dictator. Kim Jong Un could have used anti aircraft artillery. Marcuse Apr 2022 #20

And where will their fortunes go? Maybe putin's getting creative on how to bring more money in. C Moon Apr 2022 #21

Putin should just skip to his own bunker suicide IronLionZion Apr 2022 #22

Not only should Putler* off himself, he should invite his prominent supporters... Raster Apr 2022 #26

I doubt either was a financial issue bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #23

This reeks of Putler believing there's a coup attempt afoot. KS Toronado Apr 2022 #24

Maybe just a 'preemptive strike' to make sure everyone gets the message. 70sEraVet Apr 2022 #27

That could be it also! KS Toronado Apr 2022 #30

I was Navy, but Im proud of ALL of my Vet buddies, buddy. 70sEraVet Apr 2022 #31

Sounds like a power struggle building up in Russia. patphil Apr 2022 #25

Oligarchs or just rich assholes? progressoid Apr 2022 #29

I'm going to go out on a limb and say, without any evidence at all, that... LudwigPastorius Apr 2022 #32