Pavel Antonov, a Russian oligarch, flew to India
with his fellow business partners to discuss multi-billion dollar deals.
What he didn't know was that his business partner Vladimir Bidenov would die out of heart problems.
And a few days later, Antonov will fall off accidentally from his hotel window and die.
At first glance, it seems like there is nothing wrong with that. People die
every single day for various reasons. But what I didn't tell you was that
Bidenov had no prior history of having any heart problems. And two days later,
his close business partner Antonov falls out of his hotel window. How often do you
see successful business people with billions of dollars jump from their hotel windo ws?
But that's not all.
Dan Rapoport, the outspoken critic of Putin, was found in the street after an apparent fall
from his high-rise apartment building on August 22. Just a month before that.
Ravil Maganov, the chairman of one of the largest oil companies in Russia, was hospitalized for
heart problems and depression, then "fell out of a window” in September of 2022. Andrei Krukovsky,
the 37-year-old young Russian oligarch, "fell off a cliff" while hiking and passed away.
What connects all of these accidents is that - all these people are linked
to Kremlin. They are either oligarch who made billions of dollars by having
close connections to Putin or criticized Putin.
And the list of people who accidentally fell off a window in 2022 is long.
If you have worked hard to become a billionaire, would you jump out of windows to end your life?
You have spent countless years building your empire, and once you have made it,
does it make sense to throw it away? Aren't billionaires trying to find
ways to extend their lives to enjoy their wealth further? or is there something we
don't know? Did they really fall out of windows, or someone else pushed them?
There are a lot of questions but very few answers, so let's find out what really happened.
USA richest people
If you want to find the richest people in America, you would go to forbes.com and find out Elon Musk,
Jeff Bezos, or Warren Buffett at the top of the list. The only way to make it to the top
in the united states is to build a business that would dominate an industry. That's how capitalism
works. It’s the foundation of American society. But, unfortunately, or fortunately, the rest of
the world doesn't work like that. If you want to become a billionaire in Russia, you don't go to
business. Business is for people who just want to make ends meet or a few hundred million dollars at
best. If you want to be at the top in Russia, you go into politics. That's where the real money is.
Politics gives you power, and power gives you money, and money makes
you rich. It’s as simple as that. You start as a member of your ruling
party. You work hard to be promoted to the top of the political hierarchy, and that's
when you start building your business empire. With power, you get rid of your competition and
handle the government contracts to your companies. While your position in the government will give
you all the immunity you want against any corruption scandal. The journalists won’t
even dare to challenge your authority because the consequences could be deadly for them.
Look at what happened to the journalists who heavily criticized Putin. Look at what
happened to the political leaders who accused Putin of corruption (Nemtsov).
In the 1990s, a group of capitalists seized the opportunity and privatized the country's
largest companies. They made dozens of billions of dollars through the help of the former president.
We have made an entire video about them. However, what they didn't have is POWER!
It's not the money that gives you power, but rather power gives you money, at least in Russia.
So what do you think happened to them?
Some of them were jailed! Others were killed, and the rest submitted their will to Putin.
The Magamedov brothers are Russian billionaires who made their fortunes by having deep connections
with the Kremlin. They were financing Putin’s press secretary’s lavish lifestyle and a few
other high-ranking officials. But then they became overconfident and cut a contract with another
government-linked company Transneft. The CEO of Transneft who is a close friend of Putin told the
president that these two brothers have become too overconfident and have cut an important contract.
The next day, the brothers were arrested, their assets seized, and they were jailed for 19 years.
It’s not just about Russia, but in countries like Saudi Arabia. The richest man in that country
is obviously the king, but you won't find him anywhere on the Forbes list. Especially his son,
the crown prince. Any of the top billionaires in the US is way wealthier than him.
But when this guy became the crown prince. He got himself a 500 million dollar yacht,
a 300 million dollars french Shatto, and a 450 million dollar da Vinci painting.
This guy had over 1.3 million dollars worth of cash sitting
around that he didn’t know what to do with.
And now ask yourself, how many billionaires in
the united states can come up with a billion dollars worth of cash?
Their entire wealth is based upon their share in the companies they have founded. And if
they start massively selling off their shares, the price will start plummeting immediately.
So while most of the Russian Oligarchs are not on the top of the Forbes list, they control
companies that earn hundreds of billions of dollars and usually spend it on themselves.
Ravil Maganov, the chairman of the national oil company Lukoil had deep ties with Putin himself.
Here is he receiving an order for serving Russia from Putin himself.
He was building Putin's gas pipelines to Europe to make Europe dependent on Russia
and had a straight connection to the president's office. No one could challenge his authority in
Russia. He lived like a king. All he had to do was support Putin no matter what.
However, when Putin decided to invade Ukraine. Ravil Maganov found himself confused.
On one side, he had billions of dollars stored in western banks but on the other hand,
his entire wealth was a result of having a deep connection with the Kremlin.
So in march 2022, he publicly declared that he is against Putin's war in Ukraine.
Putin would never forgive anything like that. He has given you the opportunity to live like
a real king and here you are not supporting his decision to make Russia great again.
So a few months later in September, he accidentally fell off his hotel’s window.
Alexander Tyulakov is an executive at Gazprom, Russia’s largest oil and gas company that built
Nord stream 2 which supplies Europe with gas. Gazprom is Putin’s main tool to influence the EU.
on the 25th of February, just one day after the invasion,
he was found dead in the garage of his St Petersburg home. His colleague Leonid Shulman,
another executive at Gazprom, apparently committed suicide 3 weeks before the invasion.
They didn't publicly accuse Putin of starting an unjustified war against the neighboring country,
but, they weren't loyal enough, and having unfaithful people alive during a war is
just too risky since the information they have might be too valuable to your enemies.
Sergey Protosenya is another Russian oligarch who controlled Novatek, Russia’s second-largest
gas producer. He had a personal net worth of half a billion dollars and controlled one of
the largest gas-producing companies on the planet. But the moment he flipped on Putin,
the consequences were catastrophic. He was found hanged from a handrail, and his
wife and daughter were found dead in their beds with an axe besides them in his villa in Spain.
According to Russia’s officials, he committed suicide before getting
rid of his family at the age of 55. Does that sound convincing?
A day earlier, Vladislav Avayev, the former vice president of Gazprom was found dead 'with
a gun in his hand' in his luxury Moscow apartment beside the bodies of his wife
and daughter who was just 13 years old. He was not just a random person who was
appointed as the head of Gazprom but rather worked his way out to the top.
Two weeks later, another executive at Gazprom "fell off a cliff" while hiking. On the 4th of
July, Yuri Voronov, who is also an executive at Gazprom found dead with a pistol beside his body.
In 2022, 27 Russian oligarchs who had direct links to Putin
disappeared or accidentally fell off the widow. I won’t point fingers, but they have either spoken
against Putin’s actions or wanted to flip on Putin to save their lives and avoid western sanctions.