Anton Cherepennikov’s death is the thirteenth involving businessmen and oligarchs found dead under suspicious circumstances.
the Russian tycoon Anton Cherepennikov, a major tech entrepreneur, was found dead at the age of 40 inside his office in Moscow on Saturday (22). The information comes from the Daily Mail website.
Russian media claimed that the businessman died of cardiac arrest; a friend of Cherepennikov has suggested that he may have been murdered.
“I can’t believe Cherepennikov died of cardiac arrest”stated the friend, identified as Vasily Polonsky. He has asked the authorities to investigate the tycoon’s death.
Russian authorities are expected to carry out further examinations of Anton’s body to ascertain the businessman’s cause of death.
Cherepennikov was the head of ICS Holding. He was responsible for developing a technology group in the country that could be used to track Internet users in Russia.
The businessman was also the owner of most of the systems for intercepting and archiving Internet traffic in Russia. Anton Cherepennikov was on the list of Russian personalities targeted by US sanctions.
Anton Cherepennikov’s death is the 13th involving Russian tycoons who have been suspected dead. Recently, the business woman Natalia Bochkarevason of an ally of the Russian president Vladimir Putinwas found dead in her apartment in Moscow.
Last month, executive Kristina Baikova died after falling from the window of her apartment in Moscow. In December 2022, Pavel Antovone of Russia’s richest MPs, died in India after falling from the balcony of a luxury hotel.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, other Russian oligarchs have died under suspicious or mysterious circumstances. The deaths are attributed to suicides or accidents, but could also be covert killings, according to observers familiar with the Russian president’s known methods of revenge.
Second mysterious death in Russia in 48 hours
At the age of 40, the owner of the largest IT company ICS Holding Anton Cherepennikov died. ICS has been used by the Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB) for surveillance of citizens’ online activities and to disconnect Russia from the global internet… pic.twitter.com/sclkL551ii
— Jaanika Merilo (@jaanikamerilo) July 23, 2023
Source: Terra
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