Speaker 1: In the space of a year, more than a dozen
Speaker 1: rich Russian businessmen have died in either brutal or mysterious circumstances.
Speaker 1: Many fell out of windows, some had heart attacks, and
Speaker 1: a few even killed their whole families before committing suicide.
Speaker 1: The official line from the Russian authorities is that most
Speaker 1: of these deaths were accidents or violent consequences of mental illness.
Speaker 1: Maybe that's true, but considering the majority of these dead
Speaker 1: rich Russians are either outright oligarchs or have other links
Speaker 1: to the Kremlin, it's possible that something much dark it
Speaker 1: is taking place. These deaths have all occurred within the
Speaker 1: backdrop of the Ukraine War, a brutal invasion that has
Speaker 1: shown the whole world that Russia's President Putin is both
Speaker 1: ruthless and brazen. Maybe the Kremlin has been tying up
Speaker 1: loose ends or making examples of those who go against them,
Speaker 1: like several of the dead oligarchs did. For some walk
Speaker 1: can actually be bad for business. This is sad oligarch
Speaker 1: With me, Jake Canrahan, I'll be investigating the numerous strange
Speaker 1: deaths of these Russian businessmen. I'll be doing this with
Speaker 1: my friend and colleague journalist Sergei Slipchenko. We believe that
Speaker 1: to understand how these businessmen died is to understand more
Speaker 1: realistically how the Kremlin truly operates. Listen the sad oligarch
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