In Russia, the death of a well-known businessman causes a stir. Businessman Anton Cherepennikov, 40, died on Saturday, presumably of heart failure, state media reported over the weekend. Some pointed out that his IT group IKS Holding, which brings together about 30 technology companies and cooperates closely with the authorities, specializes in developing spy technology.
Cherepennikov’s death was also talked about in Ukraine, which Russia has been at war with for 17 months. “Another mysterious death of a top manager in Russia,” wrote President Volodymyr Zelenskyi’s domestic policy adviser Anton Herashchenko on Twitter. He was alluding to the fact that businessmen and others have died multiple times in Russia from unexplained causes or that the official cause of death is in doubt.
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