Following a tragic incident at a luxurious hotel in Moscow, a Russian official has passed away after reportedly falling from a high floor.
The deceased, Alexander Fedotov, who previously held a position as the transport head in St Petersburg, was associated with Roman Starovoit, the transport minister of Vladimir Putin. Starovoit had also met a similar fate under mysterious circumstances on the day he was dismissed by the Russian President in July. Fedotov’s body was discovered outside the Skypoint Luxe, previously known as the Sheraton hotel, located at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow.
Reports indicate that Fedotov was accommodated on an upper-level floor of the hotel during his business trip. Authorities have initiated a criminal investigation into the incident, revealing that no suicide note was recovered at the scene.
Fedotov had abruptly resigned from his role as the transport chief in St Petersburg the previous year amidst speculations of an investigation by the FSB, Russia’s renowned counterintelligence agency.
There were connections between Fedotov and Starovoit, whose alleged suicide following his dismissal by Putin raises suspicions, with claims suggesting he may have been subjected to mistreatment before his death was labeled as suicide.
According to reports from VChK-OGPU, a channel associated with law enforcement, both deceased officials were part of the same cohort. The channel highlighted Fedotov’s association with Starovoit and mentioned that another individual closely tied to both men had gone missing.
Fedotov’s demise occurred shortly after the discovery of the body of Boris Avakyan, a former customs chief, who was found in a restroom after fleeing a court hearing.
Boris Avakyan, aged 43 and married to a beauty queen, was located with self-inflicted injuries in the Armenian consulate in St Petersburg. He had absconded from a Russian courtroom where he was involved in a £37 million fraud case related to customs duties.
Alexander Tyunin, a prominent executive from a military-affiliated chemical composites plant, was also found deceased from a gunshot wound recently. Tyunin, aged 50, was at the helm of a pioneering company with close ties to Putin’s military operations.
In a series of unfortunate events, Russia has witnessed the untimely deaths of several high-ranking executives of major corporations around the time of the conflict in Ukraine.
There have been persistent allegations suggesting that some previous supposed suicides might have been orchestrated killings, potentially associated with business rivalries.
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