An energy boss has become the latest high profile Russian to die in suspicious circumstances since Putin invaded Ukraine.
Nikolay Petrunin, 47, dubbed the ‘gas wonderkid’, died after allegedly slipping into a month-long coma from Covid.
It follows a series of mysterious deaths in Russia, with critics fearing Putin’s cronies may be behind the alleged killings.
Multi-millionaire Petrunin, who was a father-of-three, was deputy chairman of the powerful energy committee, and he built gas pipelines with links to Gazprom.
He was also fiercely loyal to the Russian president and seen as a ‘political prodigy’.
His wife, Albina Petrunina, is also prominent figure in Russian society, achieving the rank of ‘major’ in the police force and becoming the co-owner of MetaTrendCity company.
Petrunin’s death comes days after leading ‘incorruptible’ judge Sergey Maslov was killed in the Crimean Bridge blast last week.
He was described as an ‘unusually independent-minded’ official who ruled on ‘sensitive’ cases involving big businesses.
Two weeks ago, Putin’s former ally Pavel Pchelnikov was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head on his balcony.
He was the director of communications at Digital Logistics, which was blamed by the Kremlin after servers were hacked from Ukraine.
This led to the delay of critical supplies getting to Russian troops.
Last month oil tycoon Ravil Maganov fell to his death from a sixth floor window of a Moscow hospital, but one report says he was beaten before he was ‘thrown out of a window’.
Maganov’s oil company Lukoil had voiced opposition to the war in Ukraine.
Energy executive Ivan Pecorin, 39, was the next official to wind up dead after falling foul of the Kremin.
He fell to his death from a boat travelling at full speed near Russky Island in the Sea of Japan.
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