Another Putin Ally Dead After 'Suffocating' on Business Trip

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Another top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin has died this week, this time of an alleged “stroke” while on a business trip in Russia’s far east region.

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Another Putin Ally Dead After ‘Suffocating’ on Business Trip
“It happened absolutely suddenly,” one colleague who claimed to have witnessed the death of Vladimir Sungorkin said.
11:40 AM · Sep 14, 2022

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Another top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin has died this week, this time of an alleged “stroke” while on a business trip in the village of Roshchino in Russia’s far east region.

Vladimir Nikolayevich Sungorkin, 68, was editor-in-chief of the Russian state newspaper, Komsomolskaya Pravda. According to the newspaper, Sungorkin died “suddenly” after showing signs of “suffocation” during the trip on Wednesday.

“It happened absolutely suddenly, nothing foreshadowed. We were in the village of Roshchino. We were driving, we were already making our way towards Khabarovsk, we planned to get there in the evening today, and from there to Moscow. All was good,” his colleague Leonid Zakharov, who had accompanied him on the business trip, wrote in a story for KP.

According to Zakharov, fell unconscious minutes after suggesting their group “find a beautiful place somewhere… for lunch.”

“Three minutes later, Vladimir began to suffocate. We took him out for fresh air, he was already unconscious… Nothing helped. The doctor who did the initial examination said that apparently, it was a stroke. But this is the initial conclusion,” his colleague wrote.

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[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. Putin is upping his game I suppose insofar as 68 yo men having deadly strokes

Is at least plausible.

[RockRaven]

2. Two weeks ago was hospital-window guy, then fall-off-boat guy, now suffocation-stroke guy...

What's the over/under on time until the next one, 3.5 days? 4.5 days?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. ...

[Maraya1969]

4. I don't think "Suffocating" is a symptom of having a stroke. A poison - yes.

Signs you are having a stroke.

Sudden numbness or weakness in the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body.
Sudden confusion, trouble speaking, or difficulty understanding speech.
Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes.
Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance, or lack of coordination.
Sudden severe headache with no known cause.

[Nevilledog]

6. Special Russian Stroke.

[crickets]

8. +1

[LisaL]

10. It's a bad translation.

He had trouble breathing, not "suffocating."

[MagickMuffin]

5. The plot continues to thicken, Putin or Putin foes?

Terrible news

[Frustratedlady]

7. Sheesh! Looks like Russia is going through a Putin Pandemic.

The symptoms vary but, so far, the end result is sudden death.

It is rumored that the only way to avoid catching this new virus is duct tape over ones mouth to prevent uttering dangerous statements.

So far, there is no vaccine available.

[LisaL]

12. Or people just die.

They die in the US too, in case people here didn't notice.

[sunonmars]

9. There is a inner war going on here, Chess pieces being taken out on both sides....

[LisaL]

11. So a 68 year old man (already more than average life expectancy for men in Russia)

can not just die from a stroke?