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Another Russian oligarch dies under mysterious circumstances

2022-12-20T04:35:22.421Z


Next Russian oligarch dies under mysterious circumstances Created: 2022-12-20 05:25 By: Caspar Felix Hoffman Russian oligarch Dmitri Zelenov falls down a flight of stairs and dies. The death joins a long list of mysterious cases. Nice/Frankfurt - Russian real estate magnate Dmitri Zelenov died in early December after falling down a flight of stairs while visiting friends on the Côte d'Azur. Th


Next Russian oligarch dies under mysterious circumstances

Created: 2022-12-20 05:25

By: Caspar Felix Hoffman

Russian oligarch Dmitri Zelenov falls down a flight of stairs and dies.

The death joins a long list of mysterious cases.

Nice/Frankfurt - Russian real estate magnate Dmitri Zelenov died in early December after falling down a flight of stairs while visiting friends on the Côte d'Azur.

This is reported by the French newspaper

Var Matin

.

The accident adds to the list of mysterious deaths of Russian oligarchs since the start of the Ukraine war.

Zelenow, 50, was having dinner with friends in Grasse, France, on December 9 when suddenly feeling unwell, he fell down a flight of stairs and suffered serious head injuries.

He succumbed to his injuries on December 10th in a hospital in Nice.

The public prosecutor of Grasse has confirmed this death.

Russian oligarch Dmitry Zelenov dies in Nice under mysterious circumstances.

© Ian Langsdon/dpa

Eight Russian oligarchs have died since the Ukraine war began on February 24

  • Alexander Tyulyakov, senior financial manager at Gazprom, died on February 25

  • Vasily Melnikov, billionaire, March 24

  • Vladislav Avayev, former Vice President of Gazprombank, April 18

  • Sergey Protosenya, former vice president of gas company Novatek, April 19

  • Alexander Subbotin, former head of the oil company Lukoil, May 8

  • Yuri Voronov, head of Astra-Shipping, July 4

  • Lukoil Ravil Maganov, head of Lukoil, September 1

  • Dmitry Zelenov, real estate magnate, December 10

Russian oligarch Dmitry Zelenov dies in Nice under mysterious circumstances

Baza

, a Russian Telegram channel, also reports that Zelenov fell over a railing and hit his head.

The channel also writes that it is "known" that Zelenow previously underwent vascular surgery for unspecified heart problems.

According to

Var Matin

, police are currently investigating the cause of death.

Zelenov, 50, was the former owner of the Russian construction company Don-Stroy, which built the 61-story Triumph Palace Tower in Moscow, one of the tallest residential buildings in Europe.

Before the company fell under the control of Russia's state bank VTB after the 2008 financial crisis, Zelenov's net worth was estimated at $1.4 billion, putting him on

Forbes

' list of Russia's billionaires.

Meanwhile, Kremlin spokeswoman Zakharova claims the West is like George Orwell's 1984 dystopia.

(

cas

)

Source: merkur

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