Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspicious_deaths_of_Russian_businesspeople_(2022%E2%80%932023)

Alexander Tyulakov 61 Deputy General Director of the Unified Settlement Center of Gazprom[12][5][4] 25 February 2022 Russia Garage of a residence in Saint Petersburg[4] Suicide note found on his body[4]

Mikhail Watford 66 Businessman[12][14][5][4] 28 February 2022 United Kingdom Garage of a residence in Surrey, England[4] British authorities have not found evidence of a crime[4]

Vasily Melnikov 43 CEO and owner of Medstorm[12][5][4] 23 March 2022 Russia Apartment in Nizhny Novgorod[4] Wife and two sons found dead beside him[4]

Vladislav Avayev 51 Former Vice President of Gazprombank[12][5][15] 18 April 2022 Russia Apartment in Moscow[4] Wife and 13-year-old daughter found dead beside him[4]

Sergey Protosenya 55 Former Deputy Chairman of Novatek.[12][5][15][4] 19 April 2022 Spain Garden of a residence in Lloret de Mar, Spain[4] Hanged from a handrail;[16] wife and daughter found dead in their beds with blunt axe wounds[16] and stab wounds[4]

Andrei Krukovsky 37 General Director of the Estosadok Krasnaya Polyana, a ski resort owned by Gazprom[5][15] 1 May 2022 Russia Below a cliff near the Achipse Fortress [ru] in Sochi[5][15] Reportedly “fell off a cliff” while hiking to Achipse Fortress [ru][15]

Alexander Subbotin 43[17] Board member of Lukoil[18][5] 8 May 2022 Russia Basement of a Jamaican shaman’s residence in Moscow[4] Reportedly died from a “drug-induced heart attack” during a shamanic ritual, though critics allege “toad poison”[4]

Yuri Voronov 61 CEO of Astra Shipping, a subcontractor of Gazprom[5] 4 July 2022 Russia Swimming pool of a residence in Leningrad Oblast[5] Gunshot wounds to the head, pistol found next to his body[5]

Dan Rapoport 52 Businessman[19] 14 August 2022 United States 2400 M Street NW, Washington, D.C., United States Found in the street after an apparent fall from his high rise apartment building[19]

Ravil Maganov 67 Chair of Lukoil[5] 1 September 2022 Russia Below a window of the Kremlin Hospital, Moscow[20] Reportedly hospitalised for heart problems and depression, then “fell out of a window”[20][21]

Ivan Pechorin 39 Director of Aviation of the Russian Far East and Arctic Development Corporation (KRDV) 10 September 2022[22][23] Russia On a beach in Beregovoi, 160 km (99 mi) from Vladivostok Drowned at Cape Ignatyev, Vladivostok; body found washed up in Beregovoe two days later;[23] allegedly fell from his boat[24]

Vladimir Sungorkin [ru] 68 Editor-in-chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda 14 September 2022[25] Russia Roshchino [ru], Khabarovsky District, Khabarovsk Krai Reportedly suffered a stroke and suffocated while on the way to lunch[25]

Anatoly Gerashchenko [ru] 72 Former Head of Moscow Aviation Institute 21 September 2022[26][27] Russia Stairway within the Moscow Aviation Institute[26][27] Reportedly fell down a flight of stairs inside the institute[26][27]

Pavel Pchelnikov 52 Director of Digital Logistics, a Russian Railways subsidiary[28][29] 28 September 2022[29] Russia On the balcony of an apartment in Moscow[28][29] Allegedly shot himself on the balcony of his apartment[28][29]

Nikolay Petrunin 46 Deputy of the State Duma 12 October 2022 Russia Unnamed hospital in Moscow Alleged complications of COVID-19[30][31]

Nikolai Mushegian 29 Co-founder of MakerDAO, a cryptocurrency company 28 October 2022 United States Ashford Beach, Condado, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States Drowned hours after tweeting he was afraid the CIA or Mossad were going to kill him[citation needed]

Vyacheslav Taran 53 Co-founder of Libertex, a cryptocurrency and foreign exchange market company 25 November 2022[32] France Villefranche-sur-Mer, French Riviera, France Died in helicopter crash after taking off from Switzerland[33]

Grigory Kochenov 41 Creative Director of Agima, an IT company 7 December 2022 Russia Volodarsky Street, Nizhny Novgorod Reportedly fell to his death from his balcony while officials from the Investigative Committee executed a search warrant for his apartment[34]

Dmitriy Zelenov 50 Co-founder of Don-Stroy, a construction company 9 December 2022 France Antibes, French Riviera, France Reportedly felt ill and fell over a railing and hit his head, later died in the emergency room without regaining consciousness[35][36]

Vladimir Bidenov 61 Business associate and travel companion of Pavel Antov 22 December 2022 India Hotel Sai International, Rayagada, Odisha, India[37] Died of heart problems, though reportedly had no prior history, two days later his close companion died at the same hotel under suspicious circumstances[37][38]

Alexander Buzakov [ru] 66 Director General of the Admiralty Shipyards 24 December 2022 Russia Saint Petersburg Died suddenly the day after he attended the float-out ceremony of the new Lada class submarine Velikie Luki [ru]. No explanation was given on the cause of death[39]

Pavel Antov 65 Founder of Vladmirsky Standart, a meat processing company, and deputy (member) of the Legislative Assembly of Vladimir Oblast 24 December 2022 India Below a window of Hotel Sai International, Rayagada, Odisha, India Fell out of window from Hotel Sai International;[40] another Russian colleague, Vladimir Bidenov, died in the same hotel two days prior.[41][42]

Alexei Maslov 69 Former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces and special representative of Uralvagonzavod.[43][44] 24 December 2022[43] Russia Burdenko Main Military Clinical Hospital, Moscow[citation needed] Died “unexpectedly” in a military hospital, no cause given.[43]

Magomed Abdulaev 61 Former Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Dagestan [ru] 5 January 2023 Russia Makhachkala, Dagestan Died at a hospital after being hit by a car while crossing a street[45]

Dmitry Pawochka 49 Former manager of Roscosmos, Sukhoi, Lukoil, Bank Menatep and Russdragmet, while presently or formerly involved with many others. 26 January 2023 Russia 17th floor of a building on Leningradsky Avenue, Moscow Burned alive after falling asleep with a lit cigarette[46]

Vladimir Makarov 72 Former Russian police general, had been in charge of cracking down on protesters. 13 February 2023 Russia At his suburban home northwest of Moscow State-run TASS news agency reported him found dead, in an apparent suicide, following his dismissal by President Vladimir Putin.[47]

Marina Yankina 58 Head of the financial support department of the Ministry of Defence for the Western Military District. 16 February 2023 Russia House on Zamshina Street, St. Petersburg Found dead after plunging from a high window at the 16th-floor in a tower block.[48]

Talk about “the invisible hand”…