Stay away from balconies and windows if you are a Russian oligarch, as there have been a spate of unfortunate accidents it seems. Around 15 have died in suspicious circumstances over the last couple of years, with most falling from grace since the war in Ukraine has kicked off. Coincidence is being stretched to its far fetched limits as these business leaders are toppling over like nine pins. Is this a consolidation push from Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin? Holding onto top jobs inside and outside of Russia appears to be a very dangerous occupation. Russian oligarchs leaping to their deaths seems to be a sideways move in any succession plan.
Suicide Or A Step To The Left?
Ravil Maganov, Yegor Prosvimin, Kirill Zhalo, Alexander Kagansky, Dan Rapoport, and now Pavel Antov the sausage king has joined the window jumping conga line of supposed suicides. These deaths are on top of another bunch of Russian oligarch fatalities from heart attacks and suicides that seem way too strangely coincidental to be innocent. Could it be the Russian KGB or whatever security service acronym is now in use up to their old tricks? Don’t criticise the war in Ukraine whatever you do, as it is not good for your health comrade.
Corporate Life In Russia Lacks A Retirement Plan
CEOs everywhere must be looking over their shoulders in case this new trend takes off in the west. The golden handshake could be replaced by the parachuteless leap of faith. Imagine the savings for share holders long term. The Putin method of corporate management means much less waste and lower outgoings. Over the edge savings would be minimal.
“According to CNN, at least 12 Russian elites have mysteriously died by suicide or under unexplained circumstances amid escalating geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine this year, but nothing has yet suggested the deaths are linked. Among the earliest of the unexplained fatalities, Gazprom director Leonid Shulman reportedly died by suicide in late January, and less than a month later, Alexander Tyulakov, another Gazprom executive, was found dead in the garage of his St Petersburg home. Experts have started raising their eyebrows. “We can almost certainly rule out the official explanation of the deaths as suicides or poor health,” University of South Carolina international business professor Stanislav Markus recently told Vox of the deaths, suggesting they may not necessarily be linked to the Kremlin but could instead be linked to heightened pressure on dubious businesses amid economic uncertainty exacerbated by the war on Ukraine.”
Russian oligarchs leaping to their deaths is no laughing matter for their families. The brutal business of life in Russia is, perhaps, incomprehensible to most of us in the west. Life seems expendable and power abhors a vacuum. Killers may be roaming the globe with poisons and pushing motions perfected circa upstairs windows and balconies.
Tapdance and tiptoe,
The edge, the open window.
Cut glass charisma,
Every time one falls.
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