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Two Russian Oligarchs And Their Families Found Dead One Day Apart

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Updated 15:34 22 Apr 2022 GMT+1Published 15:31 22 Apr 2022 GMT+1

Two Russian Oligarchs And Their Families Found Dead One Day Apart

Police are investigating the deaths of two Russian oligarchs found dead alongside their families one day apart.

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

Police are investigating the deaths of two Russian oligarchs found dead alongside their families one day apart. 

On Monday, 18 April, former vice president of private banking company Gazprombank, Vladislav Avayev was found dead in his apartment in Moscow. He had a gunshot wound.

The following day, Tuesday, 19 April, former senior manager at Russian gas giant Novatek, Sergei Protosenya was discovered hanged in Spain.

Both of the men's wives and children were also found dead beside them.

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Avyev is thought to have shot his wife, 47-year-old Yelena and daughter, 13-year-old Maria before turning the gun on himself according to investigators.

The deaths are suspected as being a murder-suicide.

Police spokesperson Yulia Ivanova told Russian state-owned news agency TASS that Avayez's 26-year-old daughter Anastasia discovered the bodies after finding the 14th floor apartment locked from the inside.

Police were also told by Anastasia that a gun was found in Avyev's hand.

Similarly, Protosenya was reportedly discovered with an axe and knife at his side. Reports state his wife, Natalia and daughter, Maria were found dead in their beds with stab wounds.

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According to Spanish news outlet Telecinco, the family had been away for Easter, staying in a rented luxury mansion in Lloret de Mar.

The bodies were discovered by police after Protosenya's son - who currently resides in France - couldn't get hold of his family.

A statement released by police said: "Police officers from the Generalitat-Mossos d'Esquadra of the Criminal Investigation Division (DIC) of the Girona Police Region are investigating the deaths of three people in a home in Lloret de Mar.

"This afternoon, [police] received a warning that the Lloret de Mar Local Police had found the body of three people in a private home in the town. Several police officers have moved to the scene. The DIC has opened an investigation to clarify the circumstances of the deaths."

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Protosenya is reported as being worth around 400 million euros and investigations are underway to figure out whether the deaths were staged by a third party.

Protosenya and Avayev shared close connections in their job roles in banking company Gazprombank and gas company Novatek.

Just last month, another Russian oligarch in the oil and gas industry, 66-year-old Mikhail Watford, was found dead in Surrey.

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A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops across the border another member of Gazprom, 61-year-old executive Alexander Tyulyakov was also found hanged in St Petersburg.

Russia has been subject to heavy sanctions from the West since Putin's 'special military invasion' first begun, with US President Joe Biden having resolved to ban all Russian oil imports.

If you have experienced a bereavement and would like to speak with someone in confidence contact Cruse Bereavement Care via their national helpline on 0808 808 1677 

Featured Image Credit: Facebook/ Twitter

Topics: Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, no-article-matching

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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