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Russian Deputy Minister Dies Mysteriously on Plane [1]

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Date: 2023-05-22  

Pytor Kucherenko, 46, a deputy Science Minister in the Russian Federation died on a flight from Cuba to Russia on government business. Kucherenko is said to have privately criticized the War in Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin’s rule of Russia.

The plane was forced to make an emergency landing in southern Russia. Medical personnel performed CPR on Kucherenko but were unable to revive him.

Kucherenko’s wife is Diana Gurtskaya, a blind singer, who has been honored as a People's Artist of the Russian Federation. She represented the nation of Georgia in the 2008 Eurovision music competition.

www.msn.com/… The unexplained death follows claims by Russian journalist Roman Super, who wrote on Telegram that during a conversation in 2022 the minister complained that Russia was being brutalized and he could not leave as "they confiscate our passports." "There's no world that would be happy to see a deputy Russian minister after this fascist invasion," Kucherenko reportedly said. Super's post on Sunday claimed that the minister told him he was taking large numbers of antidepressants and tranquillizers.

Large numbers of the Russian elite have ended up dead from “accidents” and other causes especially since the beginning of the war.

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