Putin Ally Found Dead After Falling From Third-Floor Window

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Vladimir Egorov, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found dead on Wednesday, according to Russian state media. Tobolsk City Duma deputy Egorov, 46, a member of Putin's ruling United Russia party, fell from the third floor window of a house on Kedrovaya Street in Tobolsk in the Tyumen Oblast, Russian Telegram channel Baza, which has links to Russian security services, reported. Russian daily newspaper Izvestia also cited a source as saying that Egorov could have fallen out of a third floor window. Newsweek couldn't immediately verify the cause of Egorov's death and has contacted Russia's Foreign Ministry via email for comment. The press service of the Investigative Directorate for the Tyumen region told Russia's state-run news agency RIA Novosti that investigators are "establishing all the circumstances of the incident." Last year, Egorov became one of the richest deputies of Tobolsk, with his income amounting to 9.1 million rubles (about $100,500), Russian news outlet RBC reported on Thursday.

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I don't know what is more dissappointing: the lack of creativity in how these murders are covered up or that Russia is in such a sorry state that the powers that be see no need to bother.

The point isn’t to cover it up (well). It’s a warning to others who might question those in power.

What this particular Vlad did to earn a defenestration - I have no idea. But no one else will try it anytime soon if they’re also susceptible to gravity-accelerated blunt force trauma.

It might have simply been a matter of under-performing. It’s been a long three days, and Ukraine still has Nazis, after all.

Not only that, having the MO as an open secret allows any of the few investigations that get past "declared suicide" can be declared a false flag.

"We don't actually do that. We never have. Our enemies spread these rumors, then attempt to frame us with this preposterous crime."

The propaganda has redundancy layers.

It's a fine line. They don't want people to conclusively prove that it's them, but they want people familiar with them to know that it most likely is them.

The interesting thing about this one is how low it was. There's a decent enough chance of surviving falling from the 3rd storey, which suggests they would have ensured his death some other way.

Perhaps he was already dead by the time he left the building

Maybe he told them to park the warship in the wrong spot...

Yea the comments are always the same tired defenestrate or hand-rail jokes on these articles but honestly it’s just sad to see that accountability has fallen so far that the despotic government of Russia doesn’t even try making these look believable

Russians could make bank with a hand rail industry.

Sounds suspiciously like forbidden western technology. Throw him out the window!

And in other news, Russia has banned the use of hand rails. Video at 11.

Russian NPC's aka general population: "Must've been the wind"

Hey, not cool comparing Russians to NPCs; I've seen game NPCs with more capacity for independent thinking

A useful word for situations like this is defenestrate. It means to throw a person or thing out of a window.

Being reported as autodefenestration, the act of throwing ones self out a window. Although your word is the more accurate one, and everyone knows it

there's a famous song with this word i can't remember exactly

Very surprised that he didn't shoot himself in the back of the head before he accidentally fell out of the window.

before

Nope, the blood pattern clearly shows he shot himself after he hit the ground. Clearly, this man went above and beyond to kill himself. A Russian patriot.

Interesting that’s it’s an ally and not a foe - that suggests (if it’s not a true accident) that the top is beginning to jostle for position.

That, or fate loves irony.

Must not have been a good enough ally.

That, or more interestingly, maybe Putin really is losing control in Russia.

Allies quickly become foes when they forget their place.

Yes, often known as “When I want your opinion, I’ll give it to you”-syndrome.

Russian windows seem to be nearly as dangerous as American guns.

As an architectural professional, I kinda want to skim over Russian building codes on the off-chance that they just have really shitty practice around fall protection at windows, and all of our jokes about it misunderstand the situtation after all.

All floors must slope at least 6 degrees towards windows (or 5 degrees if the sill is greased) to reduce vampire invasions.

They say the building code is written in blood, and hoo boy did Vlad Tepes leave a mark in that part of the world.

Everyone talks about the impaling outside of window stats but no one ever brings up the low impaling inside of window stats.

Windows seems to be a severe infrastructure problem in modern Russia.

Why is it always such low windows?

I think it's like a villain calling card. As a whole this war has been great for consolidating power

... was found dead after falling from a daylight basement window

It's about sending a message. Also a lot of Soviet era buildings don't have working elevators, so why drag the body higher than necessary?

'Cause they have to be identifiable right away ... not a splatter stain that takes days/weeks to identifiy.

Gotta get that message out quick.

This one was the upper floor of the victim's home

Marvel just should've called her "black window", it's more realistic that way.

For a while there I thought "moved to Belarus" was going to become the new "fell from a window", but I guess they've decided to stick with tradition.

Seems to be a big problem in Russia, they should get those windows checked or something...

It’s a feature, not a bug.

Gravity. The biggest killer of Russians lately.

Well, Ukrainian bullets are the biggest killer of Russians...

After all, how else would Russian soldiers in Ukraine get their complimentary introductions to drone dropped grenades.

I really don't want the Russians to win in Ukraine, but if they were to outfit all their troops with windows instead of bullets... just sayin'.

Defenestration is a funny word. Mostly because it doesn't sound like a way of killing someone.

Technically you can defenestrate someone without killing them.

I know kids fresh out of college that make more than he did.

Falling out windows seem like a leading cause of death in russia, just after going on jaunts across the border in Ukraine. And both are easily preventable.

“Four Putin allies/suspected enemies/whatever found dead after falling in the same bathtub and drowning. Putin’s surviving allies maintain, ‘This is fine.’”

I skimmed over ally and got super excited for a second.

Imagine the irony, if finally some day Putin is found dead, fallen from a window.

Here’s to hoping he invites Donnie shitty drawers for tea on the balcony someday who knows.

Every sane Russian better avoid stairs and windows.

Nothing to see here. According to 72.ru, one of the most likely reasons to fall out of window is "heart conditions". No joke. Source: https://72.ru/text/incidents/2023/12/28/73068230/ - "One of the most likely causes - heart problems, - our interlocutor clarified." - Translation by Firefox Translations.

Defenestrationgoes back more than 600 years. Probably even older, my guess is around the invention of windows and higher story buildings