A FORMER Putin ally and top aviation expert has died in Moscow, becoming the latest of the Russian president’s associates to meet his end in a mysterious fashion since the start of the war in Ukraine.
Anatoly Gerashchenko, the former rector of the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), died after reportedly falling down a series of flights of stairs on Tuesday.
A Russian channel on the messaging app Telegram, quoting the MAI, said: “This morning, 73-year-old Anatoly Gerashchenko fell from a height, flying [down] several flights of stairs.”
It added: “The scientist received injuries incompatible with life. The doctors who arrived at the scene could not save the professor.”
Gerashchenko is rumoured to have fallen out with Putin‘s inner circle, leading to him being forced from his position as rector seven years ago.
Earlier this month, Ivan Pechorin – Putin’s point man for developing Russia’s vast Arctic resources, reportedly fell off the side of a boat in waters close to Russky Island in mysterious circumstances.
It came just weeks after oil boss Ravil Maganov died after “falling from a hospital window”.
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