5. Vladislav Avayev
This troubling trend would continue as on April 18, former Kremlin official and Vice President for Gazprombank Vladislav Avayev, 51, would also die in an apparent murder/suicide by shooting dead his wife Yelena, 47, and their daughter Maria, 13, with some reports suggesting his wife was pregnant, but that hasn’t been confirmed. The grim discovery was made by the couple’s eldest daughter Annastasia, 26 when she became concerned that she could not contact her family.
Avayev had previously served as Vice President for Gazprombank, a privately-owned subsidiary of Russian energy giant Gazprom and Russia’s third largest bank before he suddenly resigned prompting speculation that this may have something to do with that. However, others suggest that his wife had been having an affair with their driver, but again, this is just speculation.
A female neighbor suggested his business could have been under financial stress as a result of Western sanctions imposed against Russia over the war in Ukraine, the same story told about Melnikov. However, another neighbor completely refutes any theories that suggest Mr. Avayev was capable of murder.
