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Request to please extend page on 05 February 2025

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Please extend this page to 2025 as the war in Ukraine is continuing and there is continuing cause be suspicious about the deaths of prominent Russian dissidents.

Specifically, here is a 05Feb2025 article mentioning the deaths of two top Russian colonels who "fell from a window". This method of death mirrors many other in the page, and the article itself cites "a long string of unexplained deaths of leading Russian figures". https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14363275/Russian-colonels-plunge-high-windows-one-killed-mysterious-deaths-putin.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.117.49.33 (talk) 18:07, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 16 February 2024

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Addition of the death of Alexei Navalny, on the 16th February 2024. A prominent opposer of Vladimir Putin, the body of Alexei Navalny was found dead after a walk at the 'polar wolf' artic penal colony where he was serving a long jail term.

link: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/jailed-russian-opposition-leader-navalny-dead-prison-service-2024-02-16/ 46.11.175.214 (talk) 14:54, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reported everywhere by now, should definitely be added here. Some sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

References

  1. ^ Kirby, Paul (2024-02-16). "Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in Arctic Circle jail, says Russia". BBC Home. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  2. ^ "Alexei Navalny: Putin critic dies after 'losing consciousness' at maximum security prison". Sky News. 2024-02-16. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  3. ^ Bayer, Lili (2024-02-16). "Yulia Navalnaya takes stage at Munich meeting after news of husband's death". the Guardian. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  4. ^ Chernova, Anna; Edwards, Christian; Shortell, David (2024-02-16). "Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny dies, prison service says". CNN. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  5. ^ "World leaders blame Putin for Alexei Navalny's death in a Russian prison". AP News. 2024-02-16. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  6. ^ Hartog, Eva; Dettmer, Jamie; Goryashko, Sergey (2024-02-16). "With Navalny's death, Russians lose their last hope". POLITICO. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  7. ^ Hopkins, Valerie; Kramer, Andrew E. (2024-02-16). "Aleksei Navalny, Russian Opposition Leader, Dies in Prison at 47". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  8. ^ Heintz, Jim; Litvinova, Dasha; Burrows, Emma (2024-02-16). "Alexei Navalny, galvanizing opposition leader and Putin's fiercest foe, died in prison, Russia says". AP News. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  9. ^ Goryashko, Sergey; Hartog, Eva (2024-02-16). "Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is dead, prison service says". POLITICO. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  10. ^ Baker, Graeme (2024-02-16). "What we know about reports of Alexei Navalny's death in Arctic Circle prison". BBC Home. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  11. ^ "Alexei Navalny, main opponent to Putin, has died, Russian prison service says". Le Monde.fr. 2024-02-16. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  12. ^ "Top news of the day: Putin critic Navalny reported dead in jail". The Hindu. 2024-02-16. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  13. ^ "Navalny dies in prison, UN calls for 'credible' probe". France 24. 2024-02-16. Retrieved 2024-02-17.

188.69.3.187 (talk) 10:13, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The death now confirmed by Navalny's team and family: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ Ostiller, Nate (2024-02-17). "Navalny's team confirms his death, blames Putin for his murder". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  2. ^ "Alexei Navalny's team confirms his death, demands body be returned to his family". ABC News. 2024-02-17. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  3. ^ Iordache, Ruxandra (2024-02-17). "Jailed Putin foe Alexei Navalny confirmed dead with family calling for body to be returned". CNBC. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  4. ^ Dixon, Robyn; Abbakumova, Natalia (2024-02-17). "Navalny team confirms death and demands authorities return body to family". Washington Post. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  5. ^ "Alexey Navalny's team confirms the death of Putin critic; says his mother is searching for his body". CBS News. 2024-02-17. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  6. ^ Sackur, Leila (2024-02-17). "Alexei Navalny's death is confirmed, family calls for immediate return of his body". NBC News. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  7. ^ "Alexei Navalny: Activist's team says Russian authorities are 'hiding' his body". BBC News. 2024-02-16. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  8. ^ Hartog, Eva; Goryashko, Sergey (2024-02-17). "Now it's for real: Navalny is dead, his team confirms". POLITICO. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  9. ^ "Alexey Navalny's team confirms his death, calls for body to be returned". Al Jazeera. 2024-02-17. Retrieved 2024-02-17.

188.69.3.187 (talk) 13:14, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: Not really within the list's scope, and already mentioned in the "see also" section. Elli (talk | contribs) 21:33, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 14 March 2024

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Vitaly Robertus, 54, Vice President of the Russian oil and gas firm Lukoil, has been found dead. He is the fourth Lukoil top manager to die since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Details: "We are deeply saddened to announce that Vitaly Vladimirovich Robertus, Vice President of the company, died suddenly at the age of 54," the press release reads.

Robertus’s death was the fourth among Lukoil’s top managers in the last two years.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/03/13/7446342/

Lukoil’s press release (in Russian): https://lukoil.ru/PressCenter/Pressreleases/Pressrelease/soobshchenie-pao-lukoil_1 Human Transistor (talk) 05:52, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added him. Alin2808 (talk) 17:45, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 14 March 2024 (2)

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Mechalisa (talk) 11:12, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In the last table, 2024 deaths |- |Vitaly Robertus |35 |Vice President at Lukoil |13 March 2024 |1 |Russia Moscow |Died suddenly with no further explanation.[1] |}

Added. Alin2808 (talk) 17:45, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ {{cite web |https://www.thedailybeast.com/vitaly-robertus-is-latest-exec-at-russian-oil-giant-lukoil-to-die-suddenly

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 14 March 2024 (3)

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Can Vitali Robertus be added?

Vitali Robertus, see here and here 82.174.61.58 (talk) 14:48, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Alin2808 (talk) 17:45, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nikolay Mukkonen

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On April 1, 2024, businessman Nikolay Mukkonen (40 years old) suddenly died during football training https://gubdaily.ru/news/izvestnyj-biznesmen-vnezapno-umer-na-trenirovke-v-petrozavodske/ Tibarr (talk) 18:45, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Egor Prosvirnin

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See the mentioned article. 82.162.185.113 (talk) 08:44, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 5 July 2024

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I strongly believe that the following sentence

The phenomenon has been called "sudden Russian death syndrome" or "sudden oligarch death syndrome", a play on sudden arrhythmic death syndrome.[1]

should be amended to read

The phenomenon has been called "sudden Russian death syndrome" or "sudden oligarch death syndrome", a play on sudden infant death syndrome.[1]

Nowhere in the referenced article is the former condition actually mentioned, and the general public, as evidenced by Google Trends, does not really seem know or care much about that in comparison to what I am suggesting.

The current choice therefore appears to be completely unfounded and furthermore confusing to the readers, if not actually misleading (as a claim on the origin of the phrase), since there does not seem to be any evidence to support the origin claim, that the play is, in fact, on the fairly obscure rather than the quite infamous of the two medical conditions.

Unless there actually is evidence in favor of the current interpretation, in which case the article should be amended to add the missing reference to the supporting evidence instead. It should have already been there all along.

You are very welcome to try and prove me wrong. — Nameless Undead (talk) 23:33, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Furthermore, referencing SIDS in the context makes additional sense, having a connotation of decidedly grim humor, since the dictator's "alleged" victims, despite all their illusory wealth and power, are just as vulnerable and helpless in the face of these cleanup operations by the RF state agencies, as newborns are to, well, practically everything. Nameless Undead (talk) 23:44, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ a b Godfrey, Elaine (29 December 2022). "Sudden Russian Death Syndrome". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
The "arrhythmic" source was in the following sentence. Made more clear. Hyphenation Expert (talk) 23:55, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@U-D13: Did you mean to re-open this? Your edit summary is vague Hyphenation Expert (talk) 00:09, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, between the god-awful lag of this GUI and not being able to churn out the text, evidently, in a pace fast enough using an on-screen keyboard on a laptop, the change I actually had intended to make somehow got lost between the updates of this talk page; I only noticed that instead of publishing my changes I was presented with a diff with the marking of my edit request as fulfilled, with no reason I could discern at that time. Sorry for the confusion. — Nameless Undead (talk) 00:35, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. Yes, your ref below was the one added to support SADS. Hyphenation Expert (talk) 00:44, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Right, which was why I was saying it is no evidence for the origin, which happened long before it. (Also, just figured out where did my changes from earlier disappear, as I just hit an edit conflict, as it turns out, again) Nameless Undead (talk) 01:04, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The [1] could be evidence for the origin of "arrhythmic", had been published at around the time of the Atlantic article, which originated the phrase (and was already speculated about in revision 1154902979). But it came well after that. Nameless Undead (talk) 00:24, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "Sudden fatalities and falling from windows: The high-profile suspicious Russian deaths since the invasion of Ukraine". 30 June 2023. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
To be very explicit, "came well after that" means it is precluded from the role as evidence for causation. My edit request calling for viable evidence or the removal of a weakly substantiated claim still stands. Nameless Undead (talk) 01:09, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Something can be confirmed after-the-fact. Archaeology comes to mind. Hyphenation Expert (talk) 01:31, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The fact alone that a thing can be purported to be evidence does not immediately make it so. I ain't no Archeology expert egg-head, but, as far 's me knows, ya gotsta establish that sweet, sweet evidentiary relationship. Same goes for the law and a crapton of other disciplines. Here, the phrases "sudden Russian death syndrome" and "sudden oligarch death syndrome" were being used (or, at least, searched for) well before the publishing of either of the above-referenced articles, if Google Trends can be believed. Show me the evidence for their origin being SADS (not just a Brit making an unsubstantiated claim in an article months after speculations about those origins have already been brought up) and I shall crawl back into where I shambled here from. Or am I just being too much of an obnoxious pedant? Nameless Undead (talk) 01:38, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Two allies of Shoigu died after Shoigu was fired

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Two Allies of Russia's Fired Defense Minister Die Mysteriously in One Week https://www.newsweek.com/russia-putin-shoigu-khandayev-kotelnikov-found-dead-1925123 Joreberg (talk) 17:05, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 5 August 2024

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved. There's a rough consensus here.  — Amakuru (talk) 14:11, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suspicious deaths of notable Russians (2022–2024) → Suspicious deaths of notable Russians in 2022–2024 – It is a weird style choice to use parenthesis here, which are usually used for disambiguation. PhotographyEdits (talk) 08:13, 5 August 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. Waqar💬 08:57, 12 August 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 06:08, 19 August 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. BilledMammal (talk) 13:51, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose move. This style is often used for conflicts, wars, the like. PARAKANYAA (talk) 22:30, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, because there are commonly naming conflicts between different wars of the same name. That is not the case here. PhotographyEdits (talk) 07:49, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In any case, I still oppose, because have the deaths stopped? Saying a defined end to it would be inaccurate if it continues next year. Also it should be from, not in. PARAKANYAA (talk) 00:59, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
My point was that I want to remove the parenthesis from the title. Do you agree with that? I'm open to any other changes. PhotographyEdits (talk) 16:13, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The current title is definitely suboptimal. Clearly non-notable instances should not be included whether that is in the title or not. I also note that the base title Suspicious deaths of notable Russians is a redlink. Dekimasuよ! 06:24, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

What about Nawalny?

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See above 134.60.99.239 (talk) 08:38, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Belarusians included

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There are Belarusians in the list. I found no evidence that Dzianis Sidarenka and Vladimir Makei have Russian citizenship. They should either be deleted or the text should reflect that the article refers to both Russians and Belarusians. Chaptagai (talk) 01:32, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suspicious deaths of notable Russians in 2022–2024

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The use of in is not great. I asked Perplexity and it gave the following answer: 

The sentence "Deaths in 2022-2024" is grammatically correct, but it could be improved for clarity and precision. Let's examine the alternatives:

"Deaths in 2022-2024":
 This is grammatically correct and concise. It implies deaths that occurred within the specified time frame.

"Deaths from 2022-2024":
 This is also grammatically correct. The preposition "from" suggests a starting point, which works well in this context.

"Deaths during 2022-2024":
 This is perhaps the most precise option. "During" clearly indicates the entire span of time from the beginning of 2022 to the end of 2024.

Among these options, "Deaths during 2022-2024" is generally considered the best choice for the following reasons:
Clarity: It leaves no ambiguity about the time frame being discussed.
Precision: It accurately conveys that the deaths occurred throughout the entire period.
Formality: In formal writing or official documents, "during" is often preferred for time ranges.
However, the choice may depend on the context and style of your writing. In less formal contexts or where brevity is important, "Deaths in 2022-2024" could be perfectly acceptable.

So, we have some tradeoffs between ambiguity, clarity and precision. IMO during is the better choice. -- GreenC 15:42, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 17 November 2024

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Consider adding Vladimir Schklyarov, 39, Mariinsky Theatre Principal Dancer. Fell off a 5th floor balcony on Nov 16. He critized Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 189.219.67.55 (talk) 18:36, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a reliable source that we can cite? - Adolphus79 (talk) 19:46, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/top-russian-ballet-star-accidentally-34130181?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target 189.219.67.55 (talk) 01:27, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/18/style/vladimir-shklyarov-ballet-death-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/world/europe/vladimir-shklyarov-dead.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0qd9w9125ko
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/nov/18/vladimir-shklyarov-russian-ballet-star-dies-aged-39-after-falling-from-building
Cgbuff (talk) 12:10, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Already done Skynxnex (talk) 03:55, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 18 November 2024

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The addition of the death of Vladimir Shklyarov, Russian Ballet Dancer

Tabular Columns as follows:

Vladimir Shklyarov

39

Acclaimed Russian Ballet dancer

16th November 2024

1

St Petersburg

Mariinsky representatives told media he had fallen from the fifth floor of a St Petersburg building while on painkillers.

[1] Wikiadmeeen (talk) 14:43, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here's another source mentioning the news of his death as well as his comments on the war:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/style/vladimir-shklyarov-ballet-death-scli-intl/index.html 189.219.67.55 (talk) 15:48, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Here's yet another source: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/nov/18/vladimir-shklyarov-russian-ballet-star-dies-aged-39-after-falling-from-building HardDisk (talk) 15:58, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Already done Skynxnex (talk) 03:56, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qd9w9125ko

Maksim Kuzminov

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68337794 27.55.91.33 (talk) 07:24, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 7 February 2025

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On some of the additions their positions are quite messy and I was wondering if they could be cleaned up.

== Is this another Wikipeadia-produced consipracy theory? How are those people connected? How are their deaths connected? Is this another original research by Wikipedia editor? Why is there no article on mysterious deaths of American journalists and oligarchs? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.187.185.84 (talk) 13:40, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Starting with:

Then the following:

  • Alexander Nikolayev to “Former Ambassador of Russia to Bangladesh and Crimea”
  • Vladimir Egorov to “Deputy of the Tobolsk City Duma”
  • Aleksandr Surikov to “Ambassador of Russia to Mozambique”
  • Natalia Larina to “Judge of Moscow’s Tagansky District Court”
  • Dzianis Sidarenka to “Ambassador of Belarus to Germany”
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