This Tuesday, April 19, 2022, Sergey Protosenya, 55-year-old Russian oligarch, killed himself after taking the lives of his wife Natalia and his 18-year-old daughter with an ax while they were sleeping, reports the Daily Mail. His body was found by law enforcement in the courtyard of his Spanish villa in Lloret de Mar, on the Costa Brava. However, there is no evidence for the moment to confirm that it is indeed a double murder followed by a suicide. Indeed, no letter was found by the investigators at the scene of the crime and no trace of blood was discovered on the corpse of the father of the family. It is the son of the businessman, a student in France, who would have also warned the police after having tried to join his family on several occasions.
A graduate in civil engineering from the University of Moscow, Russia, the 50-year-old had previously served as vice-chairman of the board of directors of the natural gas company Novatek. According to information from our English-speaking colleagues, his fortune amounted to 400 million euros. This allowed him to live comfortably. This drama comes the day after a strangely similar story. The day before, Vladislav Avayev, 51, allegedly committed suicide after murdering his wife Yelena, 47, and his youngest daughter Maria, 13.
Similar circumstances
Like Sergey Protosenya, Vladislav Avayev had a connection with Russian gas companies, many of which have faced Western sanctions since Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, took the decision to invade Ukraine, explains our colleagues. from the Daily Mail. For the moment, the investigation is continuing and the Spanish police are awaiting the results of the autopsy to determine the exact cause of the tragedy. To be continued…
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