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Vladimir Egorov
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A politician from the social gathering of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been found dead in a courtyard outside his house, native media reported Thursday, including to the rising listing of Russian elites who’ve died underneath unclear circumstances in latest months.
Vladimir Egorov, a Tobolsk City Duma Deputy from the ruling United Russia social gathering, was reportedly 46 on the time of his demise, which was reported by Russian newspaper Kommersant, citing the press service of the Investigative Committee for the Tyumen Region in Russia.
There have been no “external signs of criminal death” on Egorov’s physique, investigators informed Kommersant. The committee “could not confirm the information about the circumstances of the deputy’s death” to Kommersant, it stated, as they’re “still conducting an autopsy.”
Russian state media TASS in the meantime reported on Thursday that Egorov “was found dead in Tobolsk,” additionally citing the regional committee. And unofficial Telegram channel Baza – which has hyperlinks to Russian safety companies – stated Egorov’s physique “was discovered in the courtyard of his house on Kedrovaya Street” on Wednesday.
Kommersant and TASS reported that investigators are nonetheless establishing the causes of Egorov’s demise, whereas the Tobolsk City Duma revealed an obituary on its social media web page Thursday saying that Egorov died “as a result of an accident.”
The Duma praised Egorov – its deputy chairman earlier than his demise – for offering “comprehensive support to the participants of the Special Military Operation and the families of military personnel” combating in Ukraine and for taking “an active part in the social and political life of the city.”
He joins a listing of distinguished Russians who’ve died by suicide or in unexplained accidents in latest months and years, together with a number of businessmen with ties to Russia’s two largest power firms.
Among that group was Ravil Maganov, the chairman of Lukoil, Russia’s second greatest oil and gasoline firm, which had beforehand taken the weird public stance of talking out towards Russia’s warfare in Ukraine. Maganov died after falling out of the window of a hospital in Moscow, in line with Russian state information company TASS.
Russian sausage magnate-turned-lawmaker Pavel Antov, one other member of the United Russia social gathering who topped Forbes rating of the 100 richest civil servants in Russia in 2018, died in India final December after falling from the third flooring of his resort, in line with the Indian police.
Months earlier than his demise he had reaffirmed his assist for Putin after denying he posted an anti-war message on WhatsApp, blaming an “unfortunate misunderstanding and a technical error.”
In May, Russian Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Pyotr Kucherenko died after falling ill on a plane with a Russian delegation getting back from a enterprise journey to Cuba. A journalist who stated he had spoken with Kucherenko within the months previous to his demise stated that Kucherenko had felt like a hostage of the Russian authorities and feared for his personal security.
