Another Putin foe dies, strangled with a dog leash in London

[MelissaB]

A Trio of Wealthy Russians Made an Enemy of Putin. Now They’re All Dead.

Nikolai Glushkov, a close associate of the late oligarch Boris Berezovsky, was preparing to testify that Aeroflot was a corrupt instrument of Russian intelligence

LONDON—Nikolai Glushkov, a Russian émigré, lived alone in a weather-beaten row house in South London with an aging dog and a cat named Braveheart. It was the waning days of March, and he was readying himself for something big.

The one-time finance director of Russia’s flagship airline, he was preparing for a trial in a London court. He told friends it would prove his innocence of longstanding financial charges by Russian authorities and expose Aeroflot Russian Airlines as a front for Russian security services. The case could also prove embarrassing for President Vladimir Putin, by illuminating a piece of post-Soviet history the Russian government has tried to erase.

After running out of funds to pay his own lawyers, Mr. Glushkov, 68 years old, planned to represent himself, and had amassed tomes on British law and forensic accounting. “This case was his purpose in life,” said Georgy Shuppe, a friend and former business partner. “He was not going to give up.”

On the eve of a preliminary court hearing, Mr. Glushkov stopped answering his phone. When his daughter drove to his house to investigate, she found him inside, strangled to death with a dog leash. Later that night, dozens of antiterror police cordoned off the house and began digging holes in his yard.

More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-trio-of-wealthy-russians-made-an-enemy-of-putin-now-theyre-all-dead-1539181416

[MelissaB]

1. More:

In Russia, his death was portrayed by state-controlled media as a homosexual tryst gone wrong. British police are treating it as a murder investigation. In August, they posted video footage of a black van seen near his home the night he was strangled, asking anyone with information to get in contact.

Mr. Glushkov’s death has sent a strong message to Russia’s émigré community. He was part of a trio of once-powerful Russians who, after amassing fortunes during Russian privatizations, helped build the political system that brought Mr. Putin to the presidency. After falling out of favor, the trio fled to England and tried to mount opposition to their former protégé, only to see their efforts disrupted by untimely deaths and costly litigation.

Their leader, Boris Berezovsky, was found hanged in a bathroom of his house in Berkshire, England, in 2013, in a death that was initially called a suicide but now police are investigating anew. Mr. Berezovsky’s longtime security assistant, former Russian security officer Alexander Litvinenko, was killed in 2006 by a fatal dose of the radioactive isotope polonium-210, a murder the U.K. blamed on Russia. Another partner, Badri Patarkatsishvili, died of a heart attack in 2008, in what police have deemed natural causes.

Mr. Glushkov, Mr. Berezovsky’s right-hand man, was the last alive.

[Hugin]

5. I see no pattern here.

None what-so-ever.

A string of accidents is all.

I mean who doesn't know someone who's died of polonium poisoning. Very common. They should put warning labels on it.

[Hugin]

2. Obviously, a tragic accident.

Comrade should've had a breakaway dog leash.

Absolutely, tragic.

[peekaloo]

3. Overpowered by an angry dog who was upset by his din-din choice.

Happens all the time.

Do you suppose Pootie has shown Trump dead body pics as a reminder?

[90-percent]

4. Is there a list?

Is there a list of people that appear to have been assassinated by Putin over the years? So many KGB style hits going on all over the world. Trump must be so jealous he doesn't have his own assassination squad..............YET!

-90% Jimmy

[ret5hd]

6. They're still in training...rank amateurs at this point:

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. it's not called ICE for nothing

[B Stieg]

7. Putin is running amok.

And, of course, we still have our own version to deal with!