In the Spanish resort town of Lloret de Mar, not the most prestigious and not the richest in the region, where very wealthy people often buy housing for themselves, Sergey Protosenya, a former manager of the Russian company Novatek, also owned real estate. On April 18, his name will fly around all Spanish newspapers under the heading “Criminal Chronicle” – Protosenya stabbed his wife and daughter, and hung himself on the railing of the stairs. It would seem that this is suicide, because the war in Ukraine, numerous sanctions against the Russian rich, but something in this story does not add up, says TSN .

Mysterious disappearances of people close to Putin have been noticed since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. Bild wrote: since the beginning of April, Sergey Beseda, head of the fifth service of the FSB, has been in the famous Lefortovo prison. Officially – on suspicion of embezzlement of public funds. Unofficially, this is how Putin cracks down on those who have fallen out of favor. But prison is one thing, and death is another. Already five people have died under mysterious circumstances in two months.

The same Sergei Protosenya, according to the Spanish media, stabbed his wife and daughter to death with an ax or a knife, like a professional killer. I did it with gloves, without any prints and blood on my clothes. And then he committed suicide in a completely clean outfit. Even the Spanish law enforcement officers doubted this version.

It is noteworthy that on the same day in Russia Vice-President of Gazprombank Vladislav Avaev shot his family. The day before, he was in a great mood, according to a personal driver who was supposed to pick him up at work in the morning. Later, a version appeared that the conflict between Avaev and his wife became the reason for the different ones. Like, she cheated on him and got pregnant from another. Then why did he also shoot his daughter?

By the way, on the same day, the former head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Vyacheslav Trubnikov, died in Moscow, he was 77. Little was said about his death, as well as about the incident with Avaev. The Russian press, usually relishing such details, turned out to be surprisingly silent.

And this is not the whole list of the bloody pipeline. Shortly before the start of the war in Ukraine, several more people close to the gas structures of Russia went into oblivion under mysterious circumstances.

On January 29, 2022, the body of Leonid Shulman, head of the Gazprom-Invest transport service, was found in a luxurious estate in the village of Leninskoye, which is still called the “Gazprom nest” behind the back. A bloody body with a bunch of cut wounds was found in the bathroom, a construction knife lay nearby.

And on February 25, on the second day of the war in Ukraine, in the same “Gazprom nest” Alexander Tyulakov, deputy general director of the Gazprom treasury, was found hanged with a suicide note, the text of which remained secret. Everything seems to be obvious, but according to Novaya Gazeta, the day before the man was seen badly beaten.

March 3 – Sixty-six-year-old Mikhail Watford, aka Mikhail Tolstosheya, was found hanged on his British estate in Surrey. The local police could not understand the motives for the suicide. The man made his fortune on the production of oil and gas in Russia, but subsequently emigrated to Britain and even changed his last name.

Five mysterious deaths in a relatively short period of time. Coincidence? Accident? Is the massacre of inconvenient persons planned?

There are several versions in this story: one of them is a demonstrative picture of the massacre of the Putin regime – he did not follow the training manual, he told too much – they will be found in Europe. And not just found, but hanged, shot, or poisoned. And the family will not be forgotten, so as not to leave witnesses. All the dead were not exactly Putin’s friends, but worked in structures that brought significant profits to the tyrant and his entourage. It is possible that the dead could leak information to foreign intelligence services, or simply knew something that would help find the state of Putin and Co.

By the way, many other officials, military and special services are now sitting in Putin’s prisons. And there is also no guarantee that they suddenly “accidentally” do not want to commit suicide in a pre-trial detention center.

Experts point to another possible reason for the killings – the Kremlin’s taking of cash flows under its own control. So, at one time in sanctioned Iran, local law enforcement services actually subjugated more than half of the economy. Perhaps now Putin is trying to do the same. Concentrate all finances in the hands and hands of your entourage, together with the FSB, and thus buy yourself security. By the way, with this he kills the second hare – he shows people supposedly the fight against the rich in favor of the common people.

Former Russian deputies are also voicing the option of a showdown between different groups of influence, which anticipate Putin’s imminent collapse and want to take their place under the sun.

Which of these versions is the most plausible will only be known for sure after Putin’s death. In the meantime, in Russia they will continue to write dryly about the next mysterious deaths of top managers who suddenly decided to commit suicide.

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