Russian colonel found 'executed' – widow blames Putin
Created: 11/30/2022, 2:12 p.m
By: Nail Akkoyun
A Russian recruit on his way to a military college.
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A colonel is made a scapegoat by the Russian military leadership and takes his own life – his widow turns to Vladimir Putin.
MOSCOW - The widow of Colonel Vadim Boiko, who was found dead earlier this month at one of Russia's most prestigious naval schools, has addressed a letter to Vladimir Putin - in which she blames the Ukraine war and problems with partial mobilization for the death of her husband's responsibility.
As reported by the
Moscow Times
, among others , Boiko was responsible for training new recruits in Vladivostok and preparing them for the war in Ukraine.
However, the circumstances of the death are quite dubious, as
fr.de
writes: Boiko died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds.
It would not be the first time that the Kremlin would make a murder look like an alleged suicide - but Boiko's wife Yulia does not go that far.
Her husband "executed himself".
Russia: Colonel's suicide should be signal to Moscow
He wanted to signal Moscow "that a disaster is afoot, that something needs to be done, that the motherland is in danger," she wrote, according to a copy of the letter,
published in full by local news agency
News Vladivostok .
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Yulia Boiko's account of equipment provided as "unsuitable" for military service echoes numerous reports of obsolete Russian equipment.
Her husband, who is said to have passed on the recruits' complaints, was simply ignored by his superiors.
Letter to Putin: Russian colonel was made a scapegoat
"You will agree that when military equipment, used for many years as museum exhibits, is now handed over to be sent to the front lines, he cannot with a wave of his hand correct the mistakes made by someone else," wrote Yulia Boiko in her letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Vadim Boiko suffered under immense pressure and was ultimately declared a scapegoat by the military leadership.
After Boiko was threatened by superiors with criminal responsibility for the faulty military equipment, he took his own life, it was said.
Russian colonel kills himself with service weapon: widow attacks military leadership
"He sits on the chair and fires five shots from his service pistol, but he doesn't aim at his head and doesn't try to end things as quickly as possible," wrote Yulia Boiko.
His "execution" should set off alarm bells for the Russian leadership.
"Don't let my husband's death go unnoticed, that all this was in vain," she wrote, urging Putin to put an end to "the disgrace that reigns among soldiers in the Far East."
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