Prigojin, the leader of the mercenary group Wagner, which was on the agenda during the Russia-Ukraine war, became the number one agenda of the whole world with his death. The plane, which included Prigojin, who died in the plane crash in Russia, was carrying a total of 10 people. In the statements made by Russia, it was recorded that all the people on the plane lost their lives. This led to comments that the plane was shot down and Prigojin was also assassinated.
NAMES OPPOSIBLE TO PUTIN COME TO THE MIND
After the development that the whole world talked about, the fate of those who were opposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow created the agenda again.
NAVALNIY: ALLEGED POISONING
One of these names is Aleksey Navalny. Prison dissident Navalny was sentenced to 19 years in prison for forming an extremist community. Navalny was arrested at the airport on his return to Moscow in January 2021, after undergoing treatment in Berlin for alleged poisoning.
SCRIPAL AND Daughter: POISONED! THEY ARE FOUND ON THE BANK WITH LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Sergey Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned in England in 2018. These two agents, who were convicted in their country for working for the British foreign intelligence service and then came to England in a spy swap, were found unconscious in the bank in Salisburg. England said that a chemical substance that was manufactured by Russia and effective on the nervous system was used in the incident. It was also noted that the substance was of a military nature. Britain expelled 23 Russian diplomats, blamed for the poisoning of the two names. In this process, many countries were allowed to expel diplomats. Russia responded with a decision to expel those countries’ diplomats.
VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA: ALLEGED POISONING
Russian opposition politician and activist Vladimir Kara-Murza is among those who say that poisoning was attempted in 2015 and 2017. Upon examination, high levels of mercury, copper, manganese, and zinc were identified in this name as well. Moscow, where the poisoning allegations were made, did not accept them. Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to 25 years in prison and a fine on various charges in Russia.
ALEXANDER LITVINENKO: Drank tea, got poisoned and lost his life
Another name is former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko. A UK commission said in 2016 Putin ‘probably approved’ the murder of Litvinenko in London. In the report, it was stated that Litvinenko died of polonium-210 poisoning after drinking tea with two old Russian friends in a hotel. Another remarkable detail in the report was that Polonium-210 could only be produced with state facilities, and one of Litvinenko’s friends, with whom he had tea, was a former soldier and the other a former KGB agent.
ALEKSANDER PEREPİLİCHNYY: FOUND DEAD NEAR HOME
Aleksander Perepilichny was also found dead near his home in 2012. Traces of a rare and deadly poison from the yellow jasmine plant were found in the stomach of Perepilichnyy, who took refuge in England in 2009. Moscow, on the other hand, refused to associate this situation with them.
VIKTOR Yushchenko: Poisoned, Face Changes
Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was also poisoned during the 2004 election campaign, when he ran against pro-Moscow Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. According to the information conveyed by the BBC; Yushchenko stated that he was poisoned while having dinner outside of Kiev. Russia denied these allegations. While the politician’s body had more dioxin than normal, there were changes in his face and body. The politician had many surgeries.
BORIS NEMTSOV: DIED AS A RESULT OF ARMED ATTACK
Boris Nemtsov, a Russian dissident and former Deputy Prime Minister, was also shot dead in Moscow in 2019. It was stated that Nemtsov died as a result of the fire opened by the attacker, who got out of a vehicle while walking on the bridge near the Red Square.
BORIS BEREZOVSKY: FOUND DEAD AT HOME IN ENGLAND
Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky, who is an opponent of Putin and lives in the UK, was found dead in his home near London in 2013. While Berezovsky was an influential figure in Moscow’s political and business world, he defected to England after he clashed with Putin.
ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA: DIED AS A RESULT OF ARMED ATTACK IN THE ELEVATOR
Journalist Anna Politkovskaya, known for her articles on issues such as human rights violations, died in 2006 as a result of a gunshot wound to her home’s elevator.
PAUL KLEBNIKOV: SHOOTED IN HIS VEHICLE
Paul Klebnikov, Russian editor of Forbes magazine and an American citizen of Russian origin, was also shot and killed in his car in Moscow in 2004.
SERGEI YUSKENKOV: HE DIED NEAR THE HOME
In 2003, the Chairman of the Liberal Russia Party, Sergei Yushenkov, was shot and killed near his home. This name was also among the suspicious deaths during the Putin era.