Updated 5/25/23 at 4:20 p.m
A new death has occurred in Russia under mysterious circumstances. Russia’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education on Monday announced the death of Piotr Kucherenko, Vladimir Putin’s Deputy Minister since 2020. The 47-year-old is believed to have died two days earlier while returning from a work trip to Cuba, TF1 Actu reported this Wednesday. On Telegram, the authorities made it clear that he “fell ill on the plane”.
A failed attempt at resuscitation
Other sources added that “doctors were trying to help.” [après un atterrissage d’urgence]but they didn’t succeed [le] save “. The Kremlin assured that it has no information about the cause of the minister’s death. However, Russian media mentioned a heart disease. The death of Piotr Kucherenko joins the list of many suspicious deaths in the country, especially among businessmen.
That’s a dozen who have lost their lives since the conflict in Ukraine began. Most of these cases are attributed to suicides or deaths under mysterious circumstances. A journalist who left Russia in 2022 claims to have had exchanges with Pyotr Kucherenko before his departure. In particular, he would have asked him if he intended to leave the country.
“That’s not possible anymore. They are taking our passports away from us,” the politician is said to have replied. “I drink a handful of antidepressants and tranquilizers. It doesn’t help much. I hardly sleep. I feel bad. We were all taken hostage, Pyotr Kutscherenko then denounced. Nobody can say anything.”