Pavel Antov, sausage tycoon and local politician in Russia, has been found dead.
Antov, 65, was found dead on Sunday at the Sai International Hotel in Rayagada, India, after celebrating his birthday in the previous days.
The prominent millionaire reportedly fell from the window of the hotel in Rayagada, India, where he was staying, according to Russian media.
One of his travel companions, Vladimir Budanov, also died at the hotel on Friday.
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Odisha Police Superintendent Vivekananda Sharma said Budanov died of a stroke and Antov was “depressed” after his friend’s death.
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Antov was accused of criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine in June after a Russian missile attack struck Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi district, resulting in civilian casualties.
“It is extremely difficult to call all of this anything other than terror,” read a WhatsApp message from Antov. The millionaire later claimed not to have made the post, calling it a frustrating misunderstanding.
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Antov was the founder of a meat processing plant that catapulted him into immense wealth.
Several businessmen have turned up dead in recent months as the Russians grow increasingly dissatisfied with the protracted invasion of Ukraine.
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Ravil Maganov, Chairman of Russian oil giant Lukoil, died after falling from the window of the sixth floor of a Moscow hospital on September 1. He and his company had urged Putin to end the invasion, calling it a “tragedy.” Lukoil claimed that Maganov “passed away after a serious illness.”
Ivan Pechorin, managing director of the aviation industry at the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation, died on September 12 after reportedly fell off a speeding boat off the coast of Vladivostok.
Hotel Sai International in Rayagada, India via Google Maps
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Aleksandr Subbotin, a former top manager at Lukoil, was found dead in the basement of a Moscow residence in May after he allegedly visited a healer to cure him of hangover symptoms, but instead suffered heart failure.
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At least eight other Russian oligarchs have died under mysterious circumstances in recent months, according to Euro News. International investigators have suggested viewing the deaths as suicides or staged murders in retaliation for their opposition to the invasion of Ukraine or links to corruption in the Russian gas company Gazprom.
Fox News’ Peter Aiken contributed to this report.
