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Donkees

(31,417 posts)
Thu Apr 21, 2022, 07:05 AM Apr 2022

Sergey Protosenya, former deputy chairman of Russian gas giant Novatek, was found hanged

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The body of Sergey Protosenya, the former deputy chairman of Russian gas giant Novatek, was found hanged at his house on Spain's Costa Brava on Tuesday. His wife and daughter were found in a bed nearby, dead from stab wounds

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Sergey Protosenya, former deputy chairman of Russian gas giant Novatek, was found hanged (Original Post) Donkees Apr 2022 OP
Were his wife and daughter killed EYESORE 9001 Apr 2022 #1
good question ananda Apr 2022 #3
Reported by the Spanish newspaper El Punt Avui: Donkees Apr 2022 #2
Another version littlemissmartypants Apr 2022 #4
Nothing to see here.... PCIntern Apr 2022 #5
'The Godfather', horses head scene. empedocles Apr 2022 #12
There were only second floor windows, so another Ilsa Apr 2022 #21
Someone that wealthy had to have cameras. Beakybird Apr 2022 #6
I'll go with "masked mafiya crime." Kid Berwyn Apr 2022 #7
No doubt onetexan Apr 2022 #8
Back when the money was easier to launder... Kid Berwyn Apr 2022 #9
Stunning. TY. empedocles Apr 2022 #10
Oh my word. Would you consider posting that as its own OP, for needed niyad Apr 2022 #15
You are most welcome! Kid Berwyn Apr 2022 #31
Thanks Kid, a blast from the past. I grew up in Denver and remember the Silverado and HUD Hotler Apr 2022 #29
Putin just sent a warning to the other Russian oligarchs... Escurumbele Apr 2022 #11
Quite possibly. niyad Apr 2022 #16
What if it's the opposite...someone sending a warning to Putin? Or Putin loyalists? Buckeyeblue Apr 2022 #24
Russian Accident? Historic NY Apr 2022 #13
Yeah, there are no Russian "accidents"! PatSeg Apr 2022 #20
Can we call it an attack in a NATO country and trigger Article 5? Crunchy Frog Apr 2022 #14
Another murder suicide. gibraltar72 Apr 2022 #17
Wow, authorities trying to determine if it was murder/suicide or an assassination. Joinfortmill Apr 2022 #18
Has anyone looked to see if traces of blood are on Protosenya FakeNoose Apr 2022 #19
sound very fishey to me. execution style. AllaN01Bear Apr 2022 #22
It's so interesting that so many of these Russian oligarchs Ilsa Apr 2022 #23
Russians are conditioned to live under repressive regimes, and... Raster Apr 2022 #25
Just a common side affect Farmer-Rick Apr 2022 #26
That's what you get when your retirement fund runs dry. jaxexpat Apr 2022 #27
Man, all these Russian guys just suddenly going loco with suicide and whole-family-cide, amirite? Wingus Dingus Apr 2022 #28
So the son is in France? rockfordfile Apr 2022 #30

Donkees

(31,417 posts)
2. Reported by the Spanish newspaper El Punt Avui:
Thu Apr 21, 2022, 07:28 AM
Apr 2022
In Spain, the former top manager of Novatek Sergey Protosenya, his wife and daughter were found dead. This is reported by the Spanish newspaper El Punt Avui. “In a mansion in Lloret de Mar, the bodies of three members of the Protoceni family were found – a mother and daughter, stabbed to death and stabbed in bed, and a father. The case has all the hallmarks of a double crime and subsequent suicide. It is noted that there is no suicide note in the house. At the moment, the investigation is working to find an explanation for what happened on the basis of the latest calls and messages from the family’s phones and the statement of his son, who lives in Bordeaux. On Monday evening, he was on the phone with his family, and the next morning he could not get through to them.

https://oopstop.com/family-of-former-top-manager-of-novatek-found-dead-in-spain/

littlemissmartypants

(22,692 posts)
4. Another version
Thu Apr 21, 2022, 07:53 AM
Apr 2022
Sergey Protosenya es el m u ltl m i llo na rlo ruso q u e el martes apareció ahorcadojunto a los cadáveres de su mujery su hija en Lloret de Mar (Girona). La primera hipótesis apuntaba a un doble crimen machista con posterior suicidio. Pero con el paso de las horas aparecen nuevos elementos que siembran la duda. Sergey Protosenya era directivo de la empresa Novatek que gestiona el gas ruso, y poseía una fortuna de 400 millones de euros. ÉI y su familia aparecieron muertos en un chalé de lujo de la costa catalana. La primera pregunta que se hizo la policía es qué le llevó a cometer semejante barbaridad.
Sergey Protosenya is the Russian billionaire who appeared hanged on Tuesday next to the bodies of his wife and daughter in Lloret de Mar (Girona). The first hypothesis pointed to a double sexist crime with subsequent suicide. But with the passing of the hours, new elements appear that sow doubt. Sergey Protosenya was a director of the Novatek company that manages Russian gas, and had a fortune of 400 million euros. He and his family were found dead in a luxury villa on the Catalan coast. The first question asked by the police is what led him to commit such a barbarity.
Su mujer Nataliya, de 53 años, y su hija de 15 fueron asesinadas a hachazos mientras dormían. ÉI, un hombre de 55 años, apareció ahorcado en la barandilla de unas escaleras en eljardín. Los Mossos d'Esquadra investigan ahora si podría tratarse de un crimen mafioso enmascarado.
His wife Nataliya, 53, and their 15-year-old daughter were hacked to death while they slept. He, a 55-year-old man, was found hanged from the railing of some stairs in the garden. The Mossos d'Esquadra are now investigating whether it could be a masked mafia crime. El magnate ruso Sergey Protosenya Sergey Protosenya es un prestigioso magnate ruso que ostentaba un alto cargo en una importante compañía nacional. Se trata de Novatek, una empresa rusa encargada de la distribución del gas a otras partes del mundo. Protosenya, ingeniero de profesión, estaba en el consejo de administración de Novatek.
Russian tycoon Sergey Protosenya Sergey Protosenya is a prestigious Russian tycoon who held a high position in an important national company. This is Novatek, a Russian company responsible for the distribution of gas to other parts of the world. Protosenya, an engineer by profession, was on the Novatek board of directors.


https://lanoticia.digital/sucesos/sergey-muerto-mujer-hija-asesinadas-investigacion#

PCIntern

(25,556 posts)
5. Nothing to see here....
Thu Apr 21, 2022, 08:02 AM
Apr 2022

Most likely the dishwasher went haywire and threw all the knives from the kitchen into the bedroom, and when the lights were off the husband and father walked into a room and a rope did happen to be hanging from the ceiling for some renovations and couldn’t extricate himself. Just a remarkable accident. We all need to be careful of our appliances…

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
12. 'The Godfather', horses head scene.
Thu Apr 21, 2022, 08:30 AM
Apr 2022

Despite Woltz's security, the horse and head scenes, had some possible plausibilty.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
21. There were only second floor windows, so another
Thu Apr 21, 2022, 09:33 AM
Apr 2022

viable means of "death by appliance" had to be constructed.

Kid Berwyn

(14,909 posts)
7. I'll go with "masked mafiya crime."
Thu Apr 21, 2022, 08:08 AM
Apr 2022

Friend of Bushes and Putin, oligarch Boris Berezovsky had a similar ending with his bath robe.

niyad

(113,336 posts)
15. Oh my word. Would you consider posting that as its own OP, for needed
Thu Apr 21, 2022, 09:06 AM
Apr 2022

visibility and so that we can rec and bookmark? Thanks in advance.

Hotler

(11,425 posts)
29. Thanks Kid, a blast from the past. I grew up in Denver and remember the Silverado and HUD
Thu Apr 21, 2022, 11:07 AM
Apr 2022

scandals well. Makes me kind want to google what happened to all the players since then.

Buckeyeblue

(5,499 posts)
24. What if it's the opposite...someone sending a warning to Putin? Or Putin loyalists?
Thu Apr 21, 2022, 09:40 AM
Apr 2022

Just saying, unless this guy was speaking out against Putin, there is no reason to think he wasn't loyal. But maybe being loyal to Putin has a price outside of Russia.

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
19. Has anyone looked to see if traces of blood are on Protosenya
Thu Apr 21, 2022, 09:20 AM
Apr 2022

No? Maybe he died first, and the wife and daughter died later.
Or more likely, it was death by committee.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
23. It's so interesting that so many of these Russian oligarchs
Thu Apr 21, 2022, 09:35 AM
Apr 2022

don't even live in Russia. Have the rest of their fellow citizens ever wondered why?

Raster

(20,998 posts)
25. Russians are conditioned to live under repressive regimes, and...
Thu Apr 21, 2022, 09:40 AM
Apr 2022

... HEAVILY conditioned NOT to ask questions and look the other way.

Farmer-Rick

(10,185 posts)
26. Just a common side affect
Thu Apr 21, 2022, 09:49 AM
Apr 2022

Of going into business with criminals. See how their money protects them? See how their women and children are also protected? They think their stolen loot is a barrier to the hate they nurture, promote and create.This can happen to any filthy rich oligarch and their families.

"The incident comes аs аnother executive linked to а gаs compаny аllegedly killed his wife аnd dаughter before committing suicide, аccording to reports from Moscow. Vlаdislаv Avаyev, 51, а former Kremlin officiаl аnd vice-president of Gаzprombаnk, wаs found deаd in his opulent Moscow аpаrtment on Mondаy by his 26-yeаr-old dаughter, аccording to police. His wife Yelenа, 47, аnd dаughter Mаriа, 13, were аlso found deаd. They’d аll been shot in the heаd."

https://www.cengnews.com/news/sergey-protosenya-a-russian-oligarch-was-found-dead-with-his-family-420617.html

Murdering the family too, is a sign of pure hate. Someone is sending a signal.

jaxexpat

(6,833 posts)
27. That's what you get when your retirement fund runs dry.
Thu Apr 21, 2022, 10:19 AM
Apr 2022

People should be more careful of their spending. Saving for a rainy day is always a good plan. Counting on the kindness of others is also overrated when your "others" are Russian oligarchs.

Wingus Dingus

(8,054 posts)
28. Man, all these Russian guys just suddenly going loco with suicide and whole-family-cide, amirite?
Thu Apr 21, 2022, 10:22 AM
Apr 2022

Totally not suspicious.

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