Yet another Russian businessman worth millions has been found dead. Yuri Voronov, 61, was discovered Monday afternoon floating in the swimming pool of his mansion in an ultra-wealthy suburb of St. Petersburg..The Gazprom executive had a point-blank gunshot wound to the head..A Grand Power pistol was found close by at his villa outside St. Petersburg, 47news reported and two spent shell casings were found at the bottom of the pool..Voronov is the latest death in a sequence of at least six other suspicious deaths of wealthy Russian businessmen in 2022. Some of those already deceased were also connected to the energy giant state energy firm, Gazprom..The high-level executive founded Astra Shipping, which specialized in contracts in the Arctic from the state-controlled gas corporation, according to 47news..Voronov's wife alleged that he had found himself in difficulties with dishonest contractors, 47news reported..She did not name the business connections. His wife was also reported to have said to investigators that Voronov believed he was being defrauded of "a lot of money" by "dishonourable" contractors and partners. .Other suspicious deaths of rich Russian businessmen — whose deaths have spurned conspiracy theories suggesting their demise were murders disguised as suicides — include:.• Sergey Protosenya, 55, found hanging in a rented luxury villa in Spain on April 19.• Vladislav Avayev, 61, died of a gunshot wound in his Moscow apartment on April 18.• Vasily Melnikov, found dead in his apartment in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on March 23.• Mikhail Watford was found hanged in the garage of his home in Surrey, England, on February 28..• Alexander Tyulyakov, 61, found hanged in an apartment's garage near St. Petersburg on February 25, according to the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta..• Leonid Shulman, was found dead in a cottage in St. Petersburg in January according to Russian media company RBC..• Alexander Subbotin, found dead in a shaman's house in Mytishchi, Russia, according to Russian news agency TASS..Professor Oleg Karataev, a high-level criminologist and dean of the law faculty at a St Petersburg university and a close friend of Voronov said he doubts that Voronov took his own life..'He did not do this. He was killed. He didn't have the slightest reason. Did he shoot himself multiple times? I doubt it,' Karataev said.
