Russia’s a great example, eh?
Russian businessman Ivan Pechorin, the top manager for the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, has been found dead in Vladivostok, the latest in a string of mysterious deaths among Russian executives.
“On September 12, 2022, it became known about the tragic death of our colleague, Ivan Pechorin, Managing Director for the Aviation Industry of the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic,” reads a statement from the company published Monday.
“Ivan’s death is an irreparable loss for friends and colleagues, a great loss for the corporation. We offer our sincere condolences to family and friends,” it said. [CNN/Business]
Just how many?
Pechorin is at least the ninth prominent Russian businessmen to have reportedly died by suicide or in unexplained accidents since late January, with six of them associated with Russia’s two largest energy companies.
Four of those six were linked to the Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom or one of its subsidiaries, while the other two were associated with Lukoil, Russia’s largest privately owned oil and gas company.
Earlier this year, the company took the unusual public stance of speaking out against Russia’s war in Ukraine, calling for sympathy for the victims, and for the end of the conflict.
Not only a lure and a set of nasty teeth, but a really disturbing abdomen. Yeah, sounds like Russia.
Autocracies use lures like anglerfish. Strong, charismatic men, fast decisions, never makes mistakes admit to error, often friends with the oh so endangered local religious cult.
But, in the absence of Law, they get the sort of crap mentioned above.
Conservative readers who harbor happy thoughts about Tucker Carlson, beware. You may not be wishing for it, but pursuing the dream of autocracy leads to nightmares, no matter how much the cult leader, whether the title is Pastor, Pope, or Metropolitan, says you’re fulfilling God’s wishes.
Let God come and explain it to you personally.
