‼️Defense Ministry official and businessman linked to arrested ex-deputy defense minister mysteriously die in Russia.
The “mysterious deaths” began after the arrests of the Russian generals.
On July 8, 52-year-old businessman Igor Kotelnikov, who was accused of corruption and demanded to testify against Ivanov, died in a Moscow detention center, Russian Mediazona media outlet reported.
According to Eva Merkacheva, a member of Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights, Kotelnikov died after spending time in the punishment cell, allegedly due to a blood clot detachment. Merkacheva called this a standard cause of death for the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service system.
According to the media, FSB officers repeatedly came to him in the detention center and demanded that he testify against Ivanov. Due to his refusal, “pressure was applied” – Kotelnikov was placed in a punishment cell, where he could not be kept due to his illness.
On July 9, the TASS propaganda news agency reported the death of Magomed Khandaev, 62, head of the Russian Defense Ministry’s State Expertise Department. The causes of death were not disclosed.
Magomed Khandayev was directly subordinate to former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov, who was arrested in April 2024 in a corruption case.
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