OT Unexpected deaths of six Russian diplomats in four months triggers conspiracy theories

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  1. SlyPokerDog

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    When Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations died suddenly in New York last week, he became the sixth Russian diplomat to die unexpectedly since November, leaving internet conspiracy theorists trying to spot a pattern.

    Vitaly Churkin, 64, was rushed to hospital from his office at Russia’s UN mission on 20 February, after becoming ill without warning on his way in to work.

    It was initially reported that Mr Churkin may have suffered a heart attack, but following an autopsy medical examiners said the death required further study.

    Media company Axios note that not only is Mr Churkin’s death unexplained, but it is also remarkably similar to the deaths of Russia’s Ambassador to India on 27 January, the country’s consul in Athens on 9 January, and a Russian diplomat in New York on US election day, 8 November.

    The three other deaths were all also labelled “heart attacks” or the result of “brief illnesses”.

    Two more diplomats died more clearly violent deaths in the same period: Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, was assassinated by in Ankara at a photography exhibition on 19 December, and on the same day another diplomat, Petr Polshikov, was shot dead in his Moscow apartment.

    Additionally, an ex-KGB chief, Oleg Erovinkin, who was suspected of helping a British spy draft a dossier on Donald Trump, was found dead in the back of his car on boxing day, 26 December. Mr Erovinkin also was an aide to former deputy prime minister Igor Sechin, who now heads up state-owned oil company Rosneft.

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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Here’s a timeline of the deaths since November.

    8 November 2016

    On the morning of US Election Day, Russian diplomat Sergei Krivov, 63, was found lying unconscious on the floor of the Russian Consulate in New York with a head injury. Initial reports said Mr Krivov fell from the roof and had blunt force injuries, but Russian officials quickly changed their story and said he died from a heart attack.

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    Additionally, the news site reports it being extremely difficult to ascertain exactly what Mr Krivov did at the consulate. According to Russian language media he may have been a consular duty commander, which means he would have been in charge of “prevention of sabotage” and suppression of “attempts of secret intrusion” into the consulate. In other words, making sure US intelligence agencies did not have ears in the building.
     
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    26 December 2016

    Ex-KGB chief Oleg Erovinkin, 61, who is believed to have helped the former MI6 spy Christopher Steele compile his dossier on Mr Trump, was found dead in the back of his black Lexus car in Moscow on Boxing Day.

    Mr Erovinkin was a key aide to Igor Sechin, a former deputy prime minister and now head of Rosneft, the state-owned oil company, who is repeatedly named in the dossier, the Telegraph reported.

    Media reports soon after his body was found suggested Mr Erovinkin had almost certainly been murder, but it was later claimed he had died of a heart attack.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Putin cleaning house?
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    There are 3 possibilities. Russian intelligence (why wouldn't they simply fire the employee?), Western intelligence, or Trump (his weakness is that he has no intelligence agency backing him up).

    Hmmm...which one of those three 1) needs to kill Russians because they can't just fire them and 2) has the power to kill people because they have an agency backing them up. Just look at my above parenthetical descriptions or lack of such.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Tough call.
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    The mafia is kind of like an intelligence agency in that they can have people killed.

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    The only splinter of truth is that they Died. The countries that Russia intimidated and crapped on may be the source. Ukraine and Georgia come to mind. It may be a concerted effort through a pact between these countries to eliminate these people rather than rattle a sabre.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    That seems pretty tenuous and a lot more convoluted than the simple explanation that Putin is probably purging some folks.
     
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    election year...Putin knows how to win a campaign
     
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    Do Russian presidents get 6 terms (24 years)? Stalin was the master. He was involved from 1921 to 1953!! Each morning he would receive a list of names and check or cross them off indicating their death. It was confirmed he had a mental condition whereas he trusted no one and was paranoid all the time. He died of a brain aneurism and his servants would not enter his bedroom on fear of their own death. p04s1ms7.jpg
     
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    Finishing off lose ends so Russia / Russian oil companies can get in bed with Trump or stay in bed with him.
     
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