NOTE: This article contains details that are disturbing and graphic. Please read at your own discretion. Last week, within 48 hours of each other, two Russian oligarchs were found dead alongside their families in what investigators are labelling murder-suicides.
Since the start of 2022, four other Russia-connected oligarchs have mysteriously died by suicide. The majority of the deaths came after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb.
24. In 2017, USA Today released a report that found that 38 high-profile Russians died or went missing in a three-year time span.
It’s not uncommon for opponents and critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin to be assassinated, disappear or be thrown in prison. Read more: Oh ship!