1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: Something strange is going on. 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 2: Who is killing Russian billionaires? Another Russian oligarch has been 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 2: found dead. Reports suggests that he hanged himself, fell. 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: Out of a window, slashed his wrists, was poisoned, murdered 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: his whole family. Last year, more than a dozen Russian 6 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: oligarchs died in the space of nine months. Many of 7 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: the deaths are suspicious with links to the Kremlin. This 8 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: is sad Oligach, an investigation into these recently dead Russian billionaires. 9 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: It's created by me, Jake Hanrahan and my colleague Sergey Slipchenkok. 10 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 1: Sad Oligarch is a H eleven production for Kulso Media 11 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: and iHeartRadio. We all know about the vague stereotype that 12 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: Russians love to drink a lot. Russians have long been 13 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: depicted in Western entertainment as crazy, drunk caricatures who can 14 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: drink liters of vodka without issue. Now, Russia, of course, 15 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,839 Speaker 1: does have a big drinking culture, as does many other countries, 16 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 1: my own included. Trust me, it's a shallow reflection of 17 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:18,199 Speaker 1: a country's fabric to simply rely on these played out stereotypes. 18 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: That said, this oligarch death is one that sounds like 19 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 1: a plot to an exploitative Hollywood film. There's heavy drinking, 20 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: shamanic rituals, and a dead Russian billionaire with links to 21 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: one of the largest oil and gas companies in Russia. 22 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: That company, Luke Oil, is very friendly with the Kremlin. 23 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: This is the strange death of Alexander Sabochin. On twenty two, 24 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: forty three year old Alexander Sabochin woke up with a 25 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: particularly bad hangover. You probably know the kind mouth like 26 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,559 Speaker 1: a desert eye, is sensitive head splitting into the lot. 27 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: So Bochin had been up the night before drinking heavily. 28 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: Sources suggest that this had been one night of many. 29 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 1: Subotchin had been on a drinking spree, down in large 30 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: amounts of alcohol for many days in a row. Heavy 31 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: drinking had become a problem for him. It wasn't just 32 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: a celebration, a night out, or a one off. With 33 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: a head full of drink and stuff to do to, 34 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: Botching sought out an unconventional hangover cure. Your ravage drinker 35 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 1: might double up on a barako or hit the sauna, 36 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: but not so Botching. He was extremely wealthy, so he 37 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: paid to see a shaman. As unusual as that might 38 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: sound to some, the belief in shamanism is something not 39 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: entirely unheard of in Russia, especially not amongst the country's elite. 40 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 3: Sergery explains, in Russia, the occult kind of came up 41 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 3: as an answer to kind of all the cases been 42 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 3: going on. There has been a lot of m morel 43 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 3: in Russia. Basically the past one hundred years had three 44 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 3: major changes from Imperial Russia to communism and then now 45 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 3: to whatever this is. People turn towards this. It's like 46 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 3: superstition and things like that. And then like Shawmanism specifically 47 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 3: came from kind of the intermingling of cultures. You know, 48 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 3: there's a lot of tribes in eastern eastern northern Russia 49 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 3: where this is just their way of life for a 50 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 3: long long time, and it kind of got, i guess, 51 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 3: adopted by Western Russians into something more like mysticism, you know, 52 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 3: looking for an answer, looking for alternative ways, they seek healing, 53 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 3: They kind of seek an answer of like a more 54 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 3: spiritual answer. And basically the Russian lead they see this 55 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 3: as like covering all bases, and those who can afford it, 56 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 3: they get private sessions, they get private sciances. This is 57 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 3: not exactly new. If you look at the last couple 58 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 3: of years of Imperial Russia, I think most people know 59 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 3: some aspect of the whole respute and story where the 60 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 3: tzar's wife was seeking basically any cure for their son 61 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 3: who I forget the name of the disease, but basically 62 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 3: if he bled or something, he couldn't stop, like he 63 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 3: would bleed out to death. Seemingly, the only answer they 64 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 3: could find was whatever Resputin did. As far as people 65 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 3: could tell, he was some kind of mystic almost t 66 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 3: wizard person, right, and they really believe that, like they 67 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 3: really got into that, and that kind of stuck around. 68 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 3: When there's so much like turmoil, so much shit going on, 69 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 3: you just kind of turn to other explanations, you know, 70 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 3: the only thing that you kind of think can help 71 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,679 Speaker 3: or save you. You can't trust the government, you can't 72 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 3: really trust the like regular institutions. You turn to whatever 73 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 3: it might be that give you that hope or that 74 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 3: answer to your questions. But you see this like certain levels. 75 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 3: You know, you see celebrities, you see oligarchs and other 76 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 3: kind of like up there people who they definitely use 77 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 3: the services, they're friends with them. You know, they literally 78 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 3: have like celebrity shamans or celebrity mystics, you know, one 79 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:15,479 Speaker 3: of the like Primetime Reality TV is a battle of 80 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 3: the psychics, and it's essentially like, I don't know, it's 81 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 3: like a it's kind of hard to explain what I'm 82 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 3: seeing it. It's basically like who's the best psychic? And 83 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 3: they have different challenges. They try to figure out murder mysteries. 84 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 3: They try to well, I mean according to them, they talk, 85 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 3: they do sol murder mysteries, they speak with the dead 86 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 3: and such, and somehow they compete for whoever is the best. 87 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 3: It's popular stuff like people watch this. I'm sure a 88 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 3: lot of people are skeptical or kind of see it 89 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 3: as like a fun, kind of dumb show too much, 90 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 3: But I think a lot of people do kind of 91 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 3: if they don't believe it, they're kind of on the 92 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 3: side where like you know what, who knows maybe enough 93 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 3: to the point where it is relevant in society. People 94 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 3: do get readings. People go like regular people go for 95 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 3: readings and stuff, right, and then if you're can to 96 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 3: afford it, you can have a celebrity shaman come and 97 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 3: give you some kind of seance to get your hangar overcured, 98 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 3: and I just guess this time it kind of show 99 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 3: that these shamans might not exactly be you know, experts, 100 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 3: but maybe grifters who don't exactly know what they're doing 101 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:31,239 Speaker 3: and get you killed. 102 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: A revival of shamanism in Russia is something that became 103 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: particularly popular in Siberia, the large desolate region in the 104 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: country's east. Journalist Jessin Mater wrote about this in twenty fifteen. 105 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 1: He said, quote, the collapse of the Soviet Union, Herald 106 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: did a religious revival throughout Russia. Perhaps unexpectedly, shamanism has 107 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 1: achieved newfound popularity, not just in its traditional homeland, but 108 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: also across Russia and beyond. Although the Tenjair belief a 109 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: type of shamanism is originally a practice of the ethnic 110 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: Burriats who have historically inhabited Siberia, many of the visitors 111 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: to the temple and some of its shamans are ethnic 112 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: Russians end quote. This journalist was actually present at one 113 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: of the more traditional shamanic rituals. He describes two shamans 114 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: stood on one side of the room, wearing bright blue 115 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: robes with hats that cover their eyes. Some shamans believe 116 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: that spirits are afraid to look into the eyes of 117 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: a human being. The shamans beat drums and chant frantically 118 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: on the other side of the room. Ritual participants are 119 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: guided on what movements to make and what phrases to 120 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: say to follow the rules of the ritual. In this 121 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: type of shamanism, no type of elixir or medicine is 122 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: consumed or administered. That's not always the case, stock The 123 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: head of the s Yamen Center in urkust Vitally Balteyev, 124 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: has spoken about a rise in Russia of what he 125 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: calls neo shamanism. Neo shamanism is basically an amalgamation of 126 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: various different ancient shamanic practices repurposed for people interested in 127 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: New Age type religions. These ones often involve various mixtures 128 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: and intoxicants that have to be consumed by the person 129 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: having the ritual performed on them. This is the kind 130 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: of ritual Alexander Subotchin was involved in before he died 131 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: in May twenty twenty two. Subochin sought out the shamanic 132 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: services of Tino Korda and Magua Floes, also known by 133 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: their real names Christina Tea Krub and Alexi Pinduran respectively. 134 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 1: These two are self proclaimed shamans in Russia. They're most 135 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: definitely more involved in the new age bracket of this practice. 136 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 1: Before this incident where Sebochin died, the two shamans had 137 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: a pretty sleek media presence online. There are several professional 138 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 1: photos of the pair, both white in their shaman get up. 139 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: One image shows Christina ta Krub dressed in a long 140 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:39,679 Speaker 1: patterned robe with a Native American style headdress made of 141 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: white feathers. Next to her stands Alexi Penduran, dressed in 142 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: a diamond patterned robe with a turquoise and red fez 143 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 1: shaped hat. A black feather is placed into the top 144 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 1: of the hat, and Penduran is hitting a large raw 145 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: hired drum with a wooden club. Honestly, it looks like 146 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: they're playing dresser. It doesn't help that Penduring can be 147 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 1: seen wearing a black hoodie under his shamanic rogue. Either way, 148 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: the pair took shamanism very seriously on the outside, and 149 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: they made money out of it. They put in a 150 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 1: lot of effort to form their shamanic brand. For example, 151 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: Penduran's now defunct YouTube channel under his pseudonym Magua Flores 152 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: has a well produced ten minute long video where he 153 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: performs a ritual with a more traditional shaman. It has 154 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 1: over ten thousand the views. The only other public release 155 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 1: on the channel is a very weird cringe music video, 156 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: which admittedly shows the popularity of the couple. Many different 157 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: scenes play out with dozens and dozens of people, all 158 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: of them Western in appearance, attending tea Grub and Penduran's 159 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: shamanic rituals. On there now abandoned Instagram account, they have 160 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 1: a photo in a recording studio with Nikita Jigorda. He 161 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: is also in the music video Jigorda sixty two is 162 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: a Ukrainian born actor and singer. He stays in Russia, 163 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: where he's famous. Jagorda is pro Putin and has publicly 164 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 1: celebrated the Russian invasion of Ukraine with particularly bare faced bloodluss. 165 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 1: There are even videos on his Instagram account where he's 166 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:35,199 Speaker 1: in Zaparija in Ukraine with Russian forces. He's cheering them 167 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: on to his three hundred and forty thousand followers. He's 168 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:42,839 Speaker 1: dressed in full military fatigues and he's throwing his hands 169 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: up in the air with joy as mortars are fired 170 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: off with the aim of striking Ukrainian forces who are 171 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 1: defending their lands. In the caption, he condemns Ukraine and 172 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: he says that he's been performing occult rituals on the 173 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: front line to help the occupying Russian forces. Weird. Needless 174 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: to say, the self proclaimed shaman's tea grub and pinduring 175 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: have been operating in some strange circles in Russia for 176 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: years now. They've also been offering their services to anyone 177 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:19,319 Speaker 1: who can afford it. In twenty twenty two, Alexander Sebotchin 178 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:23,320 Speaker 1: took part in these services in the midst of a 179 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: one on one ceremony in the basement of the shaman's home, 180 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:31,079 Speaker 1: presumably with incense in the air, several burning candles and 181 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,319 Speaker 1: abided hat placed on his head, he had toad venoma 182 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: put into his bloodstream via an incision made into his skin. 183 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:45,079 Speaker 1: This was administered by tea grub and pinduring. Alexander Subotchin 184 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:49,319 Speaker 1: then had a heart attack. The shamans tried to treat 185 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 1: him with valerian a herb Tabatchin soon died of cardiac arrest. 186 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: Whilst the full autopsy isn't public, it's presumed that the 187 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 1: toad venom is what caused the heart attack. According to 188 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:11,679 Speaker 1: the National Capital Poison Center and organization dedicated to preventing poisonings, 189 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 1: some of the toxins in toad venom, such as digoxin, tryptomines, 190 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: and tetro detoxin, can cause irregular heart rhythms, dizziness, paralysis, 191 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:28,199 Speaker 1: and heart attack. This is what the two shamans injected 192 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 1: into the skin of Alexander Subotchin to try and treat 193 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 1: his alcohol problems after he'd been on a long bender 194 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 1: of drinking alcohol. I spoke to scientists and researcher Jovanna 195 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: Maxich about the kind of shamanism Tea Group and Penduring 196 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 1: were involved in. She has knowledge on these kinds of 197 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:55,359 Speaker 1: practices with an anthropological background in similar communities. 198 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 2: From what I gathered, their type of shamanism seems to 199 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:03,679 Speaker 2: be kind of a syncretic mix of already existing traditions. 200 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,199 Speaker 2: But weirdly, there were not any kind of indigenous or 201 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 2: Slavic practices that you would find in Russia today. There 202 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:16,679 Speaker 2: were actually a mixture of Afro Caribbean and South American practices. So, 203 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 2: for example, the specific toad venom ritual comes from the Amazon. 204 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 2: So these people have seemed to really use these mostly 205 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 2: South American traditions in their shamanic practices. Shaman Magua Flores 206 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 2: his real name being alexey Pin Durin and his wife 207 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 2: Tina Cordova or Christina Taikrib. It seems like these people 208 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 2: have been running the kind of open house specifically for rich, 209 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 2: wealthy Moscow vites to come and sort of indulge in 210 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 2: these black magic rituals and drugs. According to a famous 211 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 2: makeup artist who actually got involved in a very negative 212 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 2: way with the shamanic cup, well, she said that in 213 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 2: their house they have a basement where they practice black 214 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 2: magic rituals and here they keep animal blood, live animals 215 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 2: that they kill and then use for different sorts of rituals, 216 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 2: but also enough psychotropic substances and drugs to send somebody 217 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 2: to prison for twenty years. 218 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: Remember at the start when I said this case sounds 219 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: like a bad Hollywood movie, Well, this is where the 220 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 1: black magic comes in. Whilst it might sound over the 221 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 1: top or how to believe, for some occultism has been 222 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: making a steady revival all across the world for the 223 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: last decade. Even the practice of so called black magic, 224 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: often linked to left hand path occultism. In fact, in 225 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: Russia in twenty twenty one, a couple who believed heavily 226 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: in the occult were arrested and charged for committing several 227 00:15:54,120 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 1: human sacrifices. Real ones Olga Bolshakhova and Andre true Jabenko 228 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 1: stabbed several people to death in the forest as part 229 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: of their twisted beliefs. The murders occurred in twenty sixteen, 230 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: but were kept hidden for five years. It's believed many 231 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: other people were involved in the couple's occult group, currently 232 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: there awaiting trial. So whilst this story about the neo 233 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 1: shaman's Taikarub and Penduring having a basement for black magic 234 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: might sound absolutely mental, it's actually quite plausible. Remember the 235 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: two were pictured with that actor Nikita Jagorda, who openly 236 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 1: talks about performing occult rituals. He also has a black 237 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: son tattoo on his right elbow. The black son symbolizes 238 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 1: esoteric fascism and dark occultism. Anyway, let's hear what else 239 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: Yovanna Maxich had to say. 240 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 2: So this seems to be kind of like more running institutions, 241 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 2: so to say, for the elites coming there to treat 242 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 2: their ailments. But very interestingly, this case with the makeup 243 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 2: artist is actually really strange because it seems like this 244 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:16,639 Speaker 2: shamanic couple organizes some kind of retreat where they invite 245 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 2: people to come, and this retreat kind of went badly 246 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 2: for this person. So essentially what happened is this makeup 247 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 2: artist was flown over to Mexico to go on a 248 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:32,679 Speaker 2: retreat with this weird couple and the idea is that 249 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:38,640 Speaker 2: they would go there and somehow help with spiritual healing, ailments, 250 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 2: you name it. And what happened, according to her report, 251 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:46,199 Speaker 2: is that already in the first couple of days, the 252 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:50,439 Speaker 2: couple started getting drunk on tequila and brought all of 253 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 2: these like real shamans from Peru and Mexico and started 254 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 2: being kind of aggressive and violent towards this makeup artist. 255 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 2: One of the main reasons why they wanted to go 256 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 2: there is so that they could do this ritual that 257 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:10,399 Speaker 2: actually involves toad venom. So that's something that you know, 258 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 2: was the acclaimed cause of the death of Alexander Subuchin. 259 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:19,399 Speaker 2: But this ritual called cambo is actually comprised of making 260 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,679 Speaker 2: incisions or burns on a person in and then adding 261 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 2: this toad venom, which kind of like creates convulsions, vomiting, 262 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,159 Speaker 2: and after that you feel kind of like spiritual enlightenment 263 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 2: or healing if you survive. If you survive, yeah, because 264 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 2: people have died actually by you know, the wrong use 265 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 2: or just irresponsible use of this cumbo ritual. But what 266 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 2: happened to this person is she noticed that, Okay, things 267 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 2: are dodgy, this is weird. They're becoming really aggressive and drunk. 268 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 2: So she called her husband and she tried to leave 269 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 2: the retreat, but when she tried to do that, the 270 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 2: couple allegedly beat her up, and then when she wanted 271 00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 2: to go to the police and report what happened, the 272 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 2: couple basically like blackmailed her and claimed that they're going 273 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 2: to kill her with different drugs and chemicals, and also 274 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 2: that they have many enemies that they know how to 275 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:17,959 Speaker 2: eliminate very easily. So nothing really happened in this case, 276 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 2: but it's out there and it's been documented. 277 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: They're probably making quite a bit of money, right, I mean, 278 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 1: Subbortching himself was an out and out billionaire, an oil barren. Essentially, 279 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:32,439 Speaker 1: they must be making quite a lot of money to 280 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 1: be in these circles. 281 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:37,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, totally. I mean, I'm certain, and also from the 282 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 2: reports that exist, it sounds like a lot of different 283 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 2: very vip and wealthy people were mingling in this house 284 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 2: and coming in buying, so it must be making bang right. 285 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 1: So on one hand, I'm thinking, well, this might actually 286 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: just be a coincidence. It's a case of misadventure. For 287 00:19:56,320 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 1: some reason, this Russian billionaire went to this weird dodgy ritual. Yes, 288 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: his company has ties to the Kremlin, but maybe this 289 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 1: one was a coincidence. Why would they kill him with 290 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: frog venom? But there is a history right in Russia 291 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 1: of people being knocked off, assassinated with strange poison, strange concoctions. 292 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:22,199 Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, This is actually a famous phenomenon called the 293 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 2: Liternoe or like literno assassinations. So as we know, in 294 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 2: the Putin era we've seen a lot of these strange 295 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 2: poisonings and murders of different political opponents and writers. But 296 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:39,679 Speaker 2: in Stalinist Russia, these types of killings were specifically framed 297 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 2: as Liternoi killings, and they were secret, disguised liquidations that 298 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 2: were often staged to be natural deaths or suicides. So 299 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:54,360 Speaker 2: the NTVD, which was the Soviet Union's Interior Ministry. They're 300 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 2: the factor Walter Kivitski who killed many for Stalin and 301 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 2: then was himself in a fake suicide. He said that 302 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 2: any fool could murder someone, but it takes a true 303 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:11,399 Speaker 2: artist to stage a natural death from disease or suicide. 304 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think it's a stretch, particularly if we 305 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:20,639 Speaker 1: look at, for example, Alexander Livignenko was poisoned for essentially 306 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:24,199 Speaker 1: wearing that book blowing up Russia, various people infected with 307 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,199 Speaker 1: polonium put into their tea. I don't think it's a 308 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: stretch personally to think. Yeah, perhaps Putin has tried to 309 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 1: carry that. 310 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 2: On, Yeah, totally. But really for this shaman case, I'm 311 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 2: really not sure what to think. There's so many weird coincidences, 312 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 2: but it does look pretty possible as well, because there's 313 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 2: already documented cases of people dying specifically from this. But 314 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 2: then the question is did someone manipulate the ritual? Did 315 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 2: someone know exactly what kind of venom to use? Because 316 00:21:56,080 --> 00:22:00,040 Speaker 2: if you use the vendom of a different frog, you 317 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 2: can kill people much easily. So if you just tweak 318 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 2: certain elements in there, or just you know, slide another 319 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 2: drug to this, person it's easy to kill, But then 320 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 2: why would they kill him? That's the question. 321 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: That is the question. If Alexander Subochin was killed and 322 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:20,880 Speaker 1: this wasn't just some weird shamanic accident, who killed him 323 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:44,439 Speaker 1: and why is there an obvious motive. For most of 324 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 1: his life, Alexander Sebochin managed to keep his name out 325 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 1: of the media. He enjoyed his privacy. Not much is 326 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 1: known about his early career, but after completing his PhD 327 00:22:56,000 --> 00:23:00,119 Speaker 1: in two thousand and nine, Subochin joined multinational energy u 328 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 1: corporation Louke Oil. His brother also worked there. By the 329 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,640 Speaker 1: time of Alexander Sebotchin's death in twenty twenty two, he 330 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: was a member of the board. That's a prestigious position 331 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:16,440 Speaker 1: to have considering how much money the company makes. Luke Oil, 332 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:20,160 Speaker 1: which is headquartered in Moscow, produces more than two percent 333 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:23,199 Speaker 1: of all the world's oil and around one percent of 334 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 1: proved hydrocarbon reserves. They refine more than a million barrels 335 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 1: of oil a day and employ over one hundred thousand people. 336 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: This is a massive operation that's been going since nineteen 337 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:41,160 Speaker 1: ninety one. A Russian corporation with this much clout naturally 338 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 1: has links to the Russian government. One of the more 339 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: direct links, perhaps is Russian oligarch vejet Alekparov. Elekporov, who's 340 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:56,400 Speaker 1: of Aziri descent, was the president of Luke Oil from 341 00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety three to twenty twenty two. He's worth an 342 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:05,639 Speaker 1: estimated nineteen billion US dollars and is believed to be 343 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 1: the fifth richest man in Russia. Now. As I mentioned 344 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:14,439 Speaker 1: in episode one, some of the rich dead Russian businessmen 345 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: in this series are not necessarily oligach oligaks. Elektorov, however, 346 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 1: is one hundred percent an oligach oligach. He's in the 347 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 1: top one hundred of the richest people on Earth and 348 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: had a twenty eight point three percent stake of Lukoyl 349 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 1: as of twenty twenty two. What's more, his friends with 350 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: Putin and was sanctioned by Britain when Russia invaded Ukraine 351 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 1: in February last year. In a statement from the British 352 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 1: government's official sanctions list, they said, quote through his directorship 353 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:54,480 Speaker 1: of Lukoyl, Elekorov continues to obtain a benefit from and 354 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: or continues to support the government of Russia by working 355 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 1: as a director, trustee or equivalent of entities carrying on 356 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: business in sectors of strategic significance to the Government of Russia, 357 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: namely the Russian energy sector. Endsco Archived copies of Lukoyl's 358 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 1: tax payments to the Kremlin seen by journalist Rob Davies 359 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 1: show that the company contributed more than six billion dollars 360 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 1: to the Kremlin in twenty twenty alone. Tax documents after 361 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 1: that are not available. In April twenty twenty two, Alekporov 362 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 1: stepped down as the president of Loakoil due to the 363 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:42,640 Speaker 1: sanctions issues. Before this, there had already been trouble after 364 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:47,919 Speaker 1: Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Lakoyl's London listed shares lost roughly 365 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: ninety nine percent of their value. That's a hell of 366 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 1: a lot of money. War at that time was definitely 367 00:25:56,480 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: not good for business for Lakoil, so much so that 368 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: they broke ranks with Putin after more than twenty years. 369 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:11,159 Speaker 1: Board of directors of Lukoil, which Alexander Subotchin was part of, 370 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: released a public statement on March third, twenty twenty two, 371 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine just one week after it started. 372 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,639 Speaker 1: For Putin, that must have been a slap in the face. 373 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 1: Subochin was still alive at this time and would have 374 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:33,919 Speaker 1: been involved in the statement. The board said the following quote. 375 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 1: The Board of Directors of Lukoil expresses its deepest concerns 376 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:42,120 Speaker 1: about the tragic events in Ukraine, calling for the soonest 377 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 1: termination of the armed conflict. We express our sincere empathy 378 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 1: for all victims who are affected by this tragedy. We 379 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 1: strongly support a lasting ceasefire and a settlement of problems 380 00:26:55,960 --> 00:27:00,639 Speaker 1: through serious negotiations and diplomacy. The company may makes every 381 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 1: effort to continue its operations in all countries and regions 382 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: where it is present, Committed to its primary mission of 383 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:14,160 Speaker 1: a reliable supplier of energy to consumers around the world. 384 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: In its activities, Lukoil aspires to contribute to peace, international 385 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: relations and humanitarian ties. End quote. Now, Honestly, I doubt 386 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 1: the Board of Directors of Lucoyl care at all about Ukraine, really, 387 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 1: but they clearly do care about the company's profit margins. 388 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 1: The war began to seriously disrupt that at the time 389 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 1: of their statement. However, more than a year after the invasion, 390 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: Lucoil has managed to weather the storm. As reported by 391 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 1: journalist Victor Jack, Lucoil is still actually operating hundreds of 392 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:59,400 Speaker 1: gas stations and oil refineries in the EU. This made 393 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 1: them a net profit of eight billion dollars within the 394 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: first nine months of twenty twenty two, when Russia was, 395 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: of course actively trying to destroy Ukraine. That's more than 396 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:15,160 Speaker 1: double the amount from the same time period in twenty 397 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 1: twenty one. So Lukoil actually made more money as the 398 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 1: war went on, partially facilitated by their work in the EU. 399 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,440 Speaker 1: This money was of course shared with the Kremlin via taxes, 400 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,640 Speaker 1: and no doubt helped them to manufacture and purchase new 401 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 1: weapons for their continued attacks on Ukraine. Either way, despite 402 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 1: securing the bag later on in the year, Lukoil went 403 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 1: against Putin publicly as the whole world had its eyes 404 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 1: on Russia and Ukraine. Even as a powerful billionaire in Russia, 405 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 1: it's not wise to go against the Kremlin for me. 406 00:28:56,120 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 1: After looking at all of this information, this leaves two 407 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 1: possible theories regarding the death of Alexander Subotchin. First theory, 408 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 1: he was a very rich alcoholic who, like many Russian elites, 409 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 1: decided to enlist the help of the Neo Shamans to 410 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 1: kick his habit. And get sober in the process, a 411 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 1: dodgy ritual with frog venom ended his life by accident, 412 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:27,239 Speaker 1: essentially death by misadventure, and two grifters who messed up 413 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 1: the concoctions. The timing of the death, Subotchin's position at 414 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 1: luk Oil, and their very public defiance to Putin is 415 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 1: all just a coincidence. As they say, sometimes a cigar 416 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:44,959 Speaker 1: is just a cigar. Second theory, Alexander Sebochin was on 417 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,160 Speaker 1: the board of Lukoil when they released a statement against 418 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:53,680 Speaker 1: Putin's war on Ukraine. Maybe he was instrumental in that statement. 419 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: Perhaps Putin wanted him gone because of this, it'd be 420 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 1: easy for Putin's people to gather in f mation on Subotchin. 421 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 1: Maybe they waited for a few months, heard about the 422 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 1: shamanic ritual, and decided now was the time. Maybe they 423 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 1: had the frog venom swapped for something more potent, or 424 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 1: maybe the shamans were in their pocket and they told 425 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 1: them to simply up the dose. Now, personally, I was 426 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:24,440 Speaker 1: a lot more inclined to believe the first theory. Misadventures 427 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 1: seemed more likely then. As me and Sergey continued our research, 428 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:34,400 Speaker 1: we saw that another board member of Lukeoyle died just 429 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 1: four months after Alexander Subotchin. His name was Ravil Maganov. 430 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: He was the sixty seven year old chairman of Lukoyle. 431 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 1: In September twenty twenty two, he fell out of a 432 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: window at a hospital in Moscow. In a public statement, 433 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:59,240 Speaker 1: Lukoyle simply said that Maganov passed away of quote a 434 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:04,680 Speaker 1: severe ill, with no mention about the four We'll be 435 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 1: looking into the death of Maganov later on in this series, 436 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,480 Speaker 1: but I think at the very least it makes Alexander 437 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:28,640 Speaker 1: Subotchin's death a bit more suspicious. 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