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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPutin's 'Keeper of Secrets' Dies Suddenly After Firing
Colonel-General Yuri Sadovenkos sudden Christmas Day death is just the latest around Putins orbit.Vladimir Putins keeper of secrets died on Christmas Day, less than two years after the Russian president fired him.
Colonel-General Yuri Sadovenko, 56, died from heart disease on Christmas Day in Moscow, according to Russian news outlets. The Sun reports that the Ukrainian-born Sadovenko was close to former Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu.
Sadovenko served as the deputy defense minister up until he and Shoigu were ousted in May 2024 as part of a massive shakeup at the Kremlin. Shoigu, to whom Sadavenko had reportedly acted as a gatekeeper, is now the secretary of Russias security council.
Sadavenko, who had been sanctioned by Britain and other western states, reportedly showed no signs of ill health before his death.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-keeper-of-secrets-dies-suddenly-after-firing/
Looks like Sadovenko just got deorbited...
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Putin's 'Keeper of Secrets' Dies Suddenly After Firing (Original Post)
Zorro
3 hrs ago
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At least Putin is using a different excuse and this guy did not fall out of window
LetMyPeopleVote
2 hrs ago
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LetMyPeopleVote
(174,419 posts)1. At least Putin is using a different excuse and this guy did not fall out of window
Irish_Dem
(79,449 posts)2. Heart disease is when your heart stops beating by accident.
Ilsa
(63,789 posts)3. So, I suppose an agent walked by him and
injected him using a trigger on a fake umbrella. The substance gave him a heart attack.
KGB and FSB have used this trick before.
markodochartaigh
(4,916 posts)5. "...reportedly showed no signs of ill health before his death."
Seems to me like the first sign of ill health was being fired by Putin.
meow2u3
(25,239 posts)6. First, Putin fires'em and then, he fires them
Dismiss from employment, dismiss from life. Putin the serial murderer.
Wicked Blue
(8,413 posts)7. Heart stopped when he was defenestrated