Russian Energy Mogul “Found Dead” In Siberian Jail

The Daily Mail reports:

Another top energy boss in Russia has been found dead in mysterious circumstances – after he was accused of taking a bribe. The body of Igor Shkurko, 49, deputy general director of Russian energy company Yakutskenergo, was discovered yesterday in his cell in a detention centre in Yakutsk, a port city in eastern Siberia. The day before his death the executive had submitted appeals against what he claimed was an unjust bribery allegation. The Russian authorities have provided no details on how Shkurko died, but asserted there were no signs of a ‘criminal death’, based on ‘preliminary data’.

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Russian energy oligarch Igor Shkurko was found dead in a Siberian prison cell Tuesday after he was accused of taking a bribe. https://t.co/tfd1zDcWcg

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