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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Sun Dec 20, 2020, 10:57 PM Dec 2020

Another murder in Russia. Famous scientist Alexander Kagansky who was working on a covid vaccine plu


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Olga Lautman
@OlgaNYC1211
Another murder in Russia. Famous scientist Alexander Kagansky who was working on a covid vaccine plunged to his death 14 stories and was found with stab wounds in St Petersburg. A criminal investigation has been opened.













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Irish_Dem

(47,184 posts)
2. Was the expert resisting Putin's directives to do something underhanded regarding the vaccine?
Sun Dec 20, 2020, 11:07 PM
Dec 2020

In terms of quality, dispersal, profits?

I had the same thought, why.

Irish_Dem

(47,184 posts)
4. Right. :). The article says he was visiting a friend and there was a dispute.
Sun Dec 20, 2020, 11:19 PM
Dec 2020

Maybe it was a non Putin murder, I suppose that is possible.
Just seems like it would take more than one man to push another man out the window.

 

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)
8. Maybe it is easier to defenestrate someone after stabbing him
Mon Dec 21, 2020, 12:17 AM
Dec 2020
A prominent Russian scientist who was working on a COVID-19 vaccine was found dead with a stab wound after plummeting out his window in St. Petersburg, according to news reports.

Alexander “Sasha” Kagansky, 45, was in his underwear when he fell to his death from his 14th-floor apartment, according to the Russian newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets.

The scientist also suffered a stab wound, police said.

Police believe there was a scuffle before Kagansky fell from the building, reports said.

Russian police say they are investigating Kagansky’s death as a possible homicide and questioning a 45-year-old man as a potential suspect, e2news.com said.


https://nypost.com/2020/12/20/russian-scientist-working-on-covid-19-vaccine-plummets-to-death/

BrightKnight

(3,567 posts)
6. Foil hat - Perhaps Russia made the virus.
Mon Dec 21, 2020, 12:09 AM
Dec 2020

Trump and his Russia backed GOP is doing everything they can to spread the virus.

Use it to distract and destabilize the Country. Then stage a coup because the current business model does not work for them.

LisaL

(44,974 posts)
9. It's a shame but it would appear that an argument with his friend
Mon Dec 21, 2020, 12:48 AM
Dec 2020

resulted in his death.
Of course that doesn't stop crazy conspiracy theories.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,380 posts)
11. Sure, everybody believes reports out of Russia.
Mon Dec 21, 2020, 01:04 AM
Dec 2020

"[C]razy conspiracy theories"? How about zero credibility of "news" coming from within Russia since Putin came to power? When verification is not possible, speculation thrives.

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