Pechorin, the managing director responsible for aviation at the Far Eastern and Arctic Development Corporation, was “already disgusting” before he boarded the boat with some friends, the pro-Kremlin Pravda news agency claimed. It fell into the sea about 40 minutes into the voyage.
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The vessel was traveling off the coast of Russky Island in the Sea of Japan. Pechorin’s body was discovered when it washed up on the island on Monday. The Society for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic shared the news of Pechorin’s death on Monday, calling it “tragic”. Story continues below ad “Ivan’s death is an irreparable loss to friends and colleagues, a great loss to the company,” the company wrote in a statement. “We offer our sincere condolences to the family and friends.” Pechorin attended the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok last Wednesday, where he moderated a panel discussion. Russian President Vladimir Putin was also present at the forum. “We haven’t lost anything and we won’t lose anything,” Putin told the forum during a conference on Russia’s war with Ukraine. “In terms of what we have gained, I can say that the main gain has been the strengthening of our sovereignty,” he said, according to a Reuters report. Trending Stories
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Pechorin is just the latest Russian business executive to die under mysterious circumstances this year. Russian oligarch and former vice president of the gas company Novatek, Sergei Protosenya, was found dead by hanging in April. At the scene his wife and daughter were found stabbed to death. Story continues below ad Former Gazprombank vice president Vladislav Avayev was found dead in his Moscow home with his wife and daughter in April.
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Alexander Subbotin, a former director of Lukoil, was found dead in the basement of a shaman’s house in May. On September 1, Ravil Maghanov, the chairman of the board of Russia’s largest private oil company Lukoil, died after falling from a sixth-floor window. Some Russian reports suggest that Maganov died by suicide. And Maganov was not the first prominent Russian to die after falling from a window. There have been numerous documented cases of such deaths in the country in recent years. 3:40 Ukraine-Russia War: 200 days in Previous Video Next Video © 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
