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It Could Happen 89

It Could Happen Here

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Sad Oligarch

In the space of a year, more than a dozen rich Russian businessmen have died in either brutal or mysterious circumstances. Some fell out of windows, some had heart attacks, and a few of them even killed their whole families before committing suicide. The official line from the Russian authorities is that most of these deaths were accidents or violent consequences of mental illness. But considering the majority of these dead rich Russians are either outright oligarchs or have other links to the Kremlin, it's possible something much darker is taking place.

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