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Putin Ally Found Dead After Falling From Third-Floor Window

www.charlotteobserver.com /news/nation-world/world/article283590933.html

Vladimir Egorov, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found dead on Wednesday, according to Russian state media. Tobolsk City Duma deputy Egorov, 46, a member of Putin's ruling United Russia party, fell from the third floor window of a house on Kedrovaya Street in Tobolsk in the Tyumen Oblast, Russian Telegram channel Baza, which has links to Russian security services, reported. Russian daily newspaper Izvestia also cited a source as saying that Egorov could have fallen out of a third floor window. Newsweek couldn't immediately verify the cause of Egorov's death and has contacted Russia's Foreign Ministry via email for comment. The press service of the Investigative Directorate for the Tyumen region told Russia's state-run news agency RIA Novosti that investigators are "establishing all the circumstances of the incident." Last year, Egorov became one of the richest deputies of Tobolsk, with his income amounting to 9.1 million rubles (about $100,500), Russian news outlet RBC reported on Thursday.

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I don't know what is more dissappointing: the lack of creativity in how these murders are covered up or that Russia is in such a sorry state that the powers that be see no need to bother.
- It's like a serial killer signature at this point. They want people to know.
  
  Russian dexter
- They know they don't need to, it sends the message perfectly.
- They were creative!
  
  This was a third story window, not a second story one.
Russians could make bank with a hand rail industry.
- Just like the Empire in Star Wars.
- Sounds suspiciously like forbidden western technology. Throw him out the window!
- And in other news, Russia has banned the use of hand rails. Video at 11.
Russian windows are just giant holes in the wall with no glass and every room has random banana peels thrown around. It's the only explanation. Unless....
- No "unless", that's exactly what it is... unless you want to trip and fall out of a window.
  
  Or, and hear me out, the Russians developed a breed of super predator windows that seek out people (who just so happen to have annoyed the overlords), sneak up on them, gobble them up and shit them out the other side of the wall.... just a theory.
  
  Reminds me of the first episode of The Continental: we kill your family and ruin them, or you locate the nearest balcony and we leave them alone.
Russian NPC's aka general population: "Must've been the wind"
- Hey, not cool comparing Russians to NPCs; I've seen game NPCs with more capacity for independent thinking
- "Good work, 47. Now locate an exit."
A useful word for situations like this is defenestrate. It means to throw a person or thing out of a window.
- Defenestly
  
  Angry upvote
- Being reported as autodefenestration, the act of throwing ones self out a window. Although your word is the more accurate one, and everyone knows it
- there's a famous song with this word i can't remember exactly
Very surprised that he didn't shoot himself in the back of the head before he accidentally fell out of the window.
- before
  
  Nope, the blood pattern clearly shows he shot himself after he hit the ground. Clearly, this man went above and beyond to kill himself. A Russian patriot.
  
  World heavyweight champion of suicide
Russian windows seem to be nearly as dangerous as American guns.
- As an architectural professional, I kinda want to skim over Russian building codes on the off-chance that they just have really shitty practice around fall protection at windows, and all of our jokes about it misunderstand the situtation after all.
  
  All floors must slope at least 6 degrees towards windows (or 5 degrees if the sill is greased) to reduce vampire invasions.
  
  I believe that Navalny had fallen out of a window long ago if there were any without bars in the Gulag.
Windows seems to be a severe infrastructure problem in modern Russia.
Interesting that’s it’s an ally and not a foe - that suggests (if it’s not a true accident) that the top is beginning to jostle for position.

That, or fate loves irony.
- Must not have been a good enough ally.
  
  That, or more interestingly, maybe Putin really is losing control in Russia.
- Allies quickly become foes when they forget their place.
  
  Yes, often known as “When I want your opinion, I’ll give it to you”-syndrome.
Was banana peel (/russian accent)
It’s like headline madlibs.

Vladimir _______, Putin _____ found dead after falling from ________ window.
- Take out the spaces and that’s a damned good headline.
  
  Lmao good one
It's raining men
- I’m gonna go out, I’m gonna let myself get
  
  absolutely soaking WEEEEET!
- As long as it's the elites, hallelujah!
Why is it always such low windows?
- I think it's like a villain calling card. As a whole this war has been great for consolidating power
- ... was found dead after falling from a daylight basement window
  
  It's about sending a message. Also a lot of Soviet era buildings don't have working elevators, so why drag the body higher than necessary?
- 'Cause they have to be identifiable right away ... not a splatter stain that takes days/weeks to identifiy.
  
  Gotta get that message out quick.
- This one was the upper floor of the victim's home
- Less time to yell out that he’s being murdered
Marvel just should've called her "black window", it's more realistic that way.
For a while there I thought "moved to Belarus" was going to become the new "fell from a window", but I guess they've decided to stick with tradition.
My mind read “Putin (fin)ally found dead…” and I was really excited for a moment.
- If only.
Seems to be a big problem in Russia, they should get those windows checked or something...
- It’s a feature, not a bug.
I really don't want the Russians to win in Ukraine, but if they were to outfit all their troops with windows instead of bullets... just sayin'.
Gravity. The biggest killer of Russians lately.
- After all, how else would Russian soldiers in Ukraine get their complimentary introductions to drone dropped grenades.
- Well, Ukrainian bullets are the biggest killer of Russians...
Falling out windows seem like a leading cause of death in russia, just after going on jaunts across the border in Ukraine. And both are easily preventable.
Defenestration is a funny word. Mostly because it doesn't sound like a way of killing someone.
- Technically you can defenestrate someone without killing them.
I know kids fresh out of college that make more than he did.
One of these days they'll get it: To fly one must merely not hit the ground.
- https://youtu.be/Btdp-sC8MJI?t=85
  
  Damn beat me to UHF. Here's another
- one merely needs to fall and miss the ground
"Falling"
“Four Putin allies/suspected enemies/whatever found dead after falling in the same bathtub and drowning. Putin’s surviving allies maintain, ‘This is fine.’”
Oopsies
How "Unexpected"!
Oh no, anyway...
I skimmed over ally and got super excited for a second.
- Imagine the irony, if finally some day Putin is found dead, fallen from a window.
- Same
Every sane Russian better avoid stairs and windows.
Here’s to hoping he invites Donnie shitty drawers for tea on the balcony someday who knows.
gravity, the bane of Russian's existence
What a tragic accident
Nothing to see here. According to 72.ru, one of the most likely reasons to fall out of window is "heart conditions". No joke. Source: https://72.ru/text/incidents/2023/12/28/73068230/ - "One of the most likely causes - heart problems, - our interlocutor clarified." - Translation by Firefox Translations.
Bruh.
$100k USD is… rich in Russia?
- To the average Russian, I’d assume so.
Defenestrationgoes back more than 600 years. Probably even older, my guess is around the invention of windows and higher story buildings

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