Yuri Voronov, 61, was head of a logistics company that held lucrative contracts with Gazprom in the Arctic He is the sixth wealthy businessman with links to the Russian state-owned gas company Gazprom to have been found dead in unnatural circumstances since the start of the year.
His body was discovered floating in the swimming pool of his mansion in an elite village close to St Petersburg on Monday.A pistol is said to have been found nearby, with ‘several spent cartridges’ allegedly located at the bottom of the pool. His wife has reportedly told investigators that Voronov had believed he was being swindled by contractors and partners who had ‘behaved dishonourably’ for several weeks.Mr Voronov, 61, was found dead on 4 July in his mansion in an elite community Mr Voronov’s death follows reports of a number of other deaths at mansions in the elite suburb of St Petersburg fuelling rumours murders are being staged to look like suicides.
His body was discovered in his £500,000 mansion in an apparent suicide but reports suggest he had been badly beaten shortly before he ‘took his own life’.
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