ANOTHER top executive at Russia’s second largest oil company has died, marking the third mysterious death in the last 18 months.Nekrasov's death follows that of tycoon Ravil Maganov, 67, who fell from a window of Moscow’s elite Central ClinicalThere were suspicions of murder but officially Maganov had been in hospital for a "longstanding heart problem" and fell from a sixth floor window, dying on the spot.
One theory is that Subbotin - who also owned a shipping company - was poisoned by toad venom triggering a heart attack. And the body of energy boss Igor Shkurko, 49, deputy general director of Yakutskenergo was discovered in his cell in a detention centre after he was accused of taking a bribe.Experts believe the deaths of at least 39 previous deaths high profile figures - ranging from oligarchs to scientists and even generals - could show the shadowy and bloodstained hand of the Kremlin.
"Anyone seen as a potential threat seems to have an attraction to an open window," Sweet told The Sun Online.