According to this source, the police think of a suicide but an investigation was launched on the circumstances of the death of Badalov. The 62 -year -old would also have left a letter of suicide.
Transneft confirmed the death of his vice-president and said in a statement that the businessman had joined the company during “a difficult and stressful period”.
The oil sector was strongly impacted by the invasion of Ukraine and European sanctions in 2022. Badalov was responsible for the digitization and automation of production processes.
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Andreï Badalov is not the first influential man to die in strange circumstances. In recent years, several billionaires and Russian officials have been mysteriously dead by “falling out the window”.
The millionaire Pavel Antov, CEO of Lukoil Ravil Maganov, Putin’s colleague Vladimir Egorov and Defense Marina Yankina all died in this way after criticizing the invasion of Ukraine.
In April 2022, Vladislav Avayev, vice-president of GazPrombank, his wife and daughter were found dead after being killed at their home. The same month, it was the businessman, Sergei Protosenya and his family who suffered the same fate.
Speculations on the true nature of their death is rudder.