2 Russian oligarchs were found dead one day apart alongside their wives and children
- Vladislav Avayev, the former vice president of Gazprombank, was found dead of a gunshot wound in his Moscow apartment on Monday
- Investigators wrote in their statement that they are prioritizing a theory that Avayev shot his wife and daughter, and then himself.
- More than 2,000 miles away, in Spain, another oligarch — Sergei Protosenya — was found hanged, with his wife and daughter stabbed to death.
- He was found with a bloodstained knife and an ax at his side.
- Protosenya was the former vice president and chief accountant of Novatek, a major gas company with close connections to Gazprombank.
- A working theory for investigators is also that Protosenya killed his family before hanging himself.
- Protosenya left no suicide note, and there were no bloodstains on his body.
- Neither of the men were on an international sanctions list in the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
2 Russian oligarchs were found dead one day apart alongside their wives and children, reports say | Business Insider India
Vladislav Avayev and Sergey Protosenya were found dead in their respective homes in Spain and Moscow.
