Russian tycoon's body 'found by Putin spies' after dying in 'mysterious' 110ft plunge

Mikhail Rogachev, 64, had fallen 110ft from a model astatine his home, according to reports. He had been vice-president of Yukos, an lipid elephantine which had opposed Vladimir Putin and was forced retired of concern by the dictator

Another apical vigor institution manager has been recovered dead successful Moscow, with his assemblage ‘discovered by an worker of Russia’s overseas spy service’.

Mikhail Rogachev, 64, had fallen 110ft from a model astatine his home, according to reports. He had been vice-president of Yukos, an lipid elephantine which had opposed Vladimir Putin and was forced retired of concern by the dictator. Rogachev besides had a distinguished vocation arsenic enforcement manager of the Onexim radical and aboriginal lawman wide manager of the Norilsk Nickel mining giant.

Initial reports successful Moscow media outlets said that helium had been suffering from “a terrible signifier of cancer”, but these were strenuously denied by his circle, according to Telegram transmission VCHK-OGPU which has links to instrumentality enforcement and the information services.

His relatives insisted determination were nary signs that helium was suicidal and helium was successful a “good mood” soon earlier his death. His assemblage was recovered successful the courtyard of his tenth level level by an SVR worker linked to a erstwhile Russian spymaster. He was the idiosyncratic operator of Sergei Vinokurov, ex-deputy manager of the overseas quality service. The SVR operative said helium had been walking his boss’s canine erstwhile helium saw the body.

Rogachev “had meal with his relatives, was successful a mean mood, and past his assemblage was recovered nether the windows of his house,” reported VCHK-OGPU. Some handwriting and different typed sheets of a imaginable termination missive were recovered scattered successful his bathroom, said reports. His nonaccomplishment was “another successful a concatenation of unusual deaths successful the lipid and state manufacture successful Russia”, said Borusio Telegram channel.

In different cases of vigor manufacture deaths, Leonid Shulman, caput of Gazprom Invest's transport service, was recovered dormant astatine the property of 60. He was recovered dormant with aggregate stab wounds successful a excavation of humor connected his bath floor.

Alexander Tyulyakov, lawman caput of firm information astatine Gazprom's United Settlement Centre, the vigor giant’s “treasury”, allegedly committed termination the time Putin went to war. He died successful Gazprom's guarded Leninsky firm colony successful Leningrad region, adjacent St Petersburg connected 25 February 2022, the aforesaid determination wherever Shulman died. His assemblage was reportedly discovered by his lover. His cervix was successful a noose successful his £500,000 location yet determination are beardown suspicions helium did not instrumentality his ain life.

In April of the aforesaid year, multimillionaire Sergey Protosenya, 55, was recovered hanged aft allegedly sidesplitting with an axe his woman Natalia, 53, and their teenage daughter, Maria, arsenic they slept. Protosenya was a erstwhile lawman president of Novotek, a institution intimately linked to the Kremlin. Later reports suggest the tragic household whitethorn person been killed by a Putin deed squad permanently based connected the Costa Blanca.

In May 2022, erstwhile Lukoil apical manager Alexander Subbotin was recovered dormant successful the basement of a location successful Mytishchi aft “taking proposal from shamans”. One mentation is that Subbotin - who besides owned a shipping institution - was poisoned by toad venom triggering a bosom attack.

Lukoil tycoon Ravil Maganov, 67, fell from a model of Moscow’s elite Central Clinical Hospital, besides known arsenic the Kremlin clinic, successful September 2022. He was replaced by Vladimir Nekrasov - successful October 2023, who died aged 66 of “acute bosom failure” successful October 2023. Both Maganov and Nekrasov had opposed Putin’s war.

The pursuing month, Russian legislator and warfare backer, Vladimir Lebedev, with adjacent Lukoil links, died abruptly successful an unexplained “terrible tragedy” aged 60. In March, Lukoil vice-president Vitaly Robertus, 53, became the latest unfortunate of a decease curse to haunt Lukoil, a salient institution propping up Putin’s regime. He was recovered hanged successful his bureau toilet.

Separately, Pavel Antov, 65, a Russian sausage tycoon and politician, fell from a edifice model successful India successful December 2022. Marina Yankina, 58, a defence authoritative successful complaint of warfare money, died successful February 2023 aft falling 160ft to her decease successful St Petersburg.