Body of another Russian businessman found, latest in string of mysterious deaths

More suicide reports of prominent Russian businessmen 0:51 (CNN) — Russian businessman Ivan Pechorin, director of the Aviation Industry for Russia’s Arctic and Far East Development Corporation, was found dead in Vladivostok, this It is the latest in a series of mysterious deaths among Russian businessmen. “On September 12, 2022, it became known about the tragic death of our colleague Ivan Pechorin, director of the Aviation Industry of the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic,” says a statement from the company published this Monday. . Russian businessman Ivan Pechorin was found dead near the town of Beregovoe, in Vladivostok. “Iván’s death is an irreparable loss for friends and colleagues, a great loss for the corporation. We offer our sincerest condolences to family and friends,” he said. According to the Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti, the Vladivostok administration said a body was found near the town of Beregovoe. Pechorin drowned on September 10 near Cape Ignatyev in Vladivostok, regional media report. Pechorin is at least the ninth prominent Russian businessman reported to have died by suicide or in unexplained accidents since late January, with six of them associated with Russia’s two largest energy companies. Four of those six were linked to Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom or one of its subsidiaries, while the other two were associated with Lukoil, Russia’s largest private oil and gas company. Earlier this year, the company took the unusual public stance of speaking out against Russia’s war in Ukraine, asking for sympathy for the victims and calling for an end to the conflict. Lukoil chairman Ravil Maganov died in early September after falling out of a hospital window in Moscow, according to the Russian state news agency TASS.