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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,367 posts)
Fri Sep 23, 2022, 01:16 PM Sep 2022

Another Vladimir Putin ally mysteriously dies, keeping Moscow elites on edge

Anatoly Gerashchenko served as the rector of the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) and was widely known as a top local aviation expert. Global News, citing Russian media, reported this week that Gerashchenko, 72, died after falling down several flights of stairs at the Institute’s grounds.

His premature death is the latest in a recent string of accidental or untimely deaths of top Russian figures, Business Insider reports.

Gerashchenko served a lifetime’s work of 45 years at the MAI before he became the rector of the university, a post he performed for eight years before retiring in 2015. After that, he became an advisor to the current rector, as Global News cites local state-controlled media RIA Novosti.

The Institute released a press release to mark Gerashchenko’s passing, saying this is a ‘colossal loss’ for the university as well as for the ‘scientific and pedagogical community’.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/another-vladimir-putin-ally-mysteriously-dies-keeping-moscow-elites-on-edge/ar-AA129psN

Being Pooty Poot's bro is hazardous to your health.

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Another Vladimir Putin ally mysteriously dies, keeping Moscow elites on edge (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2022 OP
Did he die again, or was this his previous death? NT mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 #1
obvious comparison here NBachers Sep 2022 #2
It looks like a message is being sent here. Buns_of_Fire Sep 2022 #3
Who is doing the killing and why? Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #4
I think its a warning to Putin Bayard Sep 2022 #5
Yes could be. It is possible that Putin is no longer doing the killings. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #6

Buns_of_Fire

(17,208 posts)
3. It looks like a message is being sent here.
Fri Sep 23, 2022, 01:21 PM
Sep 2022

Pootums is jeopardizing the oligarch's good times, and they don't appreciate it, no sir...

Bayard

(22,196 posts)
5. I think its a warning to Putin
Fri Sep 23, 2022, 02:18 PM
Sep 2022

"This could happen to you." And they're getting pretty obvious about it.

Irish_Dem

(47,619 posts)
6. Yes could be. It is possible that Putin is no longer doing the killings.
Fri Sep 23, 2022, 02:47 PM
Sep 2022

Someone using Putin's signature murder style as a warning to him.

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