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Top Putin war official plunges 160 feet to her death from high-rise building
A high-ranking Russian defense official in the war against Ukraine was found dead Wednesday after falling from a 16th-floor window in an apartment building.
Marina Yankina, 58, was discovered by a passerby at the entrance of a high-rise on Zamshina Street in St Petersburg, Russian news Telegram channel Mash reported.
She is believed to have fallen 160 feet to her death. Her personal belongings and documents were found on a 16th-floor balcony in the building.
According to a preliminary investigation, it is believed Yankina committed suicide.
Mash reported that a few minutes before allegedly taking her own life, Yankina called her ex-husband and told him what she was about to do.
She also asked the man to summon police to the high-rise on Zamshina Street where he lived.
No official motive has been released, but Mash reported that the 58-year-old was said to have been struggling with health problems.
Yankina was a key figure in the funding of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.
She was head of the financial support department of the Ministry of Defense for the Western Military District, which is closely involved in the invasion.
The Russian Investigative Committee confirmed Yankina’s death and is leading the probe into her fatal fall.
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Top Putin war official plunges 160 feet to her death from high-rise building
A high-ranking Russian defense official in the war against Ukraine was found dead Wednesday after falling from a 16th-floor window in an apartment building.
Marina Yankina, 58, was discovered by a passerby at the entrance of a high-rise on Zamshina Street in St Petersburg, Russian news Telegram channel Mash reported.
She is believed to have fallen 160 feet to her death. Her personal belongings and documents were found on a 16th-floor balcony in the building.
According to a preliminary investigation, it is believed Yankina committed suicide.
Mash reported that a few minutes before allegedly taking her own life, Yankina called her ex-husband and told him what she was about to do.
She also asked the man to summon police to the high-rise on Zamshina Street where he lived.
No official motive has been released, but Mash reported that the 58-year-old was said to have been struggling with health problems.
Yankina was a key figure in the funding of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.
She was head of the financial support department of the Ministry of Defense for the Western Military District, which is closely involved in the invasion.
The Russian Investigative Committee confirmed Yankina’s death and is leading the probe into her fatal fall.
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Russian ballet star Vladimir Shklyarov dies after falling from building
Vladimir Shklyarov, a world-renowned Russian ballet star, has died after falling from the fifth floor of a building on Saturday.
His death was confirmed by the Mariinsky Theater, a venue in the city of St. Petersburg where Shklyarov was the highest-ranking dancer.
“This is a huge loss for the entire Mariinsky Theater team,” it said.
While Russian authorities have launched an investigation into Shklyarov’s death, the “preliminary cause” has been judged an accident, Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti reported.
“He died a natural death. It’s not a crime,” a source in the emergency services told RIA Novosti.
Shklyarov died two days before he was due to undergo complex spinal surgery and had been taking “serious painkillers” for some time, Russian media reported.
Diana Vishneva, a fellow principal dancer at the Mariinsky, said Shklyarov’s death is a “tragedy” for the ballet world.
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That actually sounds like a suicide.
