Two Ex-Russian Gas Company Execs Found Dead Along With Their Families in Two Days
Two former executives at major Russian gas companies have been found dead in two days under mysterious circumstances, according to multiple reports.
Sergei Protosenya, formerly the chief accountant at Russian gas giant Novatek, is the latest to turn up dead, Spanish news site Telecino reports.
The 55-year-old millionaire was found dead along with his wife and daughter at a villa in the town of Lloret de Mar near Barcelona earlier this week, law enforcement sources told the news site. Police have not officially named the family, however.
Protosenya, a former member of Novatek’s board of directors, was found hanged at the scene, while his wife and daughter had been stabbed, the report said. Investigators are said to be examining two different scenarios: that Protosenya killed his wife and daughter before taking his own life, or that all three were murdered by someone who then staged the crime scene.
The family was visiting Spain over the Easter holidays. Protosenya was said to be worth about 400 million euros.
His death reportedly took place on April 19—just a day after a former vice president of Russia’s Gazprombank was found dead along with his wife and daughter in similar circumstances in Moscow.
Vladislav Avayev, 51, was found with a fatal gunshot wound in his multi-million dollar apartment on Universitetsky Prospekt on April 18, local authorities said. The body of his wife was found nearby, while the couple’s 13-year-old daughter was found in her bed in a different room, according to Kommersant.
Investigators said they had preliminarily concluded that Avayev likely killed his wife and daughter before turning the gun on himself, as there were no signs of anyone else having been in the apartment and the gun was found in Avayev’s hand.
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