Posted this yesterday but might be more interesting today after Russian indictments. Several prominent Russians ended up dead in late 2016 and early 2017
Nov 4 2015 Mikhail Lesin, a former press minister and ex-head of Gazprom-Media, Russia’s largest media holding, was found dead in DC’s Dupont Hotel on November 4, 2015. Initial reports claimed that the mass media expert, credited with inspiring the creation of Russia Today (now RT), died of a heart attack. Coroner determine he actually died of injuries from blunt force trauma, which amazingly in Jan 2018 were determined by FBI to be self inflicted
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Nov 8 2016 Sergei Krivov, 63, Russian diplomat in New York died on US election day, 8 November. On the morning of US Election Day, Russian diplomat Sergei Krivov, 63, was found lying unconscious on the floor of the Russian Consulate in New York with a head injury. Initial reports said Mr Krivov fell from the roof and had blunt force injuries, but Russian officials quickly changed their story and said he died from a heart attack.
Dec 19 2016 Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, was assassinated by in Ankara at a photography exhibition.
Dec 19 2016 Russian diplomat, Petr Polshikov, was shot dead in his Moscow apartment
Mr Polshikov served as a senior figure in the Latin American department of the Foreign Ministry
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Dec 22 2016 Crowdstrike releases report Ukranian missile evidenced Russian hacking. Ukraine official deny hacking, VOA report March 2017 say report flawed. Russian hacking narrative attributed by electronic software signatures.
Dec 26 2016 Russian ex-KGB chief, Oleg Erovinkin, 61 who was suspected of helping a British spy draft a dossier on Donald Trump, was found dead in the back of his car on boxing day, 26 December.
Media reports soon after his body was found suggested Mr Erovinkin had almost certainly been murdered, but it was later claimed he had died of a heart attack.
Dec 29 2016 Obama ejects Russians from country on allegations of alleged hacking
Jan 9 2017 Russian consul in Athens died on 9 January
The Russian Consul in Athens, Greece, Andrei Malanin, 55, was found dead on the bathroom floor in his apartment by another member of embassy staff after he failed to arrive at work or answer his phone. A Greek police official said there was “no evidence of a break-in” and the death appeared to be from natural causes. Mr Malanin lived alone on a heavily guarded street.
Jan 17 2017 Russia’s Ambassador to India on died 27 January.
Russia's Ambassador to India, Alexander Kadakin, 67, died after a “brief illness" according to Indian media, which quoted sources saying he had been unwell for a few weeks. Reuters reports Mr Kadakin died from heart failure, but few further details are known.
FEB 20 2017 Vitaly Churkin, 64 Russian Ambassador to UN died : “Vitaly Churkin, 64, was rushed to hospital from his office at Russia’s UN mission on 20 February, after becoming ill without warning on his way in to work. Suspected heart failure. Connections to McCain - solicited campaign donations from him. Died while True Pundit investigating connection. NBC News has framed the death as suspicious
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July 20 2017 WSJ Pulitzer prize winning reporter Joseph Rago found dead in his NYC apartment. Rago’s rise to journalistic stardom was relatively quick. He won a Pulitzer Prize before the age of 30 with his well-researched criticisms of Obamacare in 2011. Investigated Hillary Clinton’s links to the 2014 sale of Veropharm (one of Russia’s largest medical companies) to the American medical giant Abbott Laboratories., which happened after Obama sanctioned Russia. Discovered dead in his apartment just hours before scheduled meeting with another WSJ reporter.