Oil tycoon linked to ex-KGB spy dies after plunging from luxury Moscow apartment in latest mystery Russian exec death
MYSTERY PLUNGE Oil tycoon linked to ex-KGB spy dies after plunging from luxury Moscow apartment in latest mystery Russian exec death
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A RUSSIAN oil tycoon has died after falling from a tower block in the latest of a string of mysterious deaths.
Andrey Badalov, 62, fell from the luxury tower block where he lived in Moscow, according to local reports.
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Andrey Badalov, 62, was found dead after falling from his elite penthouse
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Badalov was vice-president of Russia's state oil pipeline operator Transneft
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Badalov died when he plunged from his luxury Moscow apartment block
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Badalov was married with two children.
Investigators were reportedly working at the scene to understand the circumstances of his fall.
Kremlin media cited a source as saying: 'Badalov's body was found under the windows of an [apartment building] on Rublevskoye Highway."
Badalov was vice-president of Transneft - Russia's state oil pipeline operator.
The firm is headed up by former KGB spy, Nikolai Tokarev, 74, who served alongside Putin in Germany during the Cold War.
A spate of mysterious deaths of executives linked to the oil and gas industries have hit Russia since Putin started plotting his invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago.
These are often recorded as suicides - but many suspect foul play.
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