8. Yuri Voronov
Another apparent suicide of a businessman connected to the energy giant Gazprom is 61-year-old Yuri Voronov, who was found with a gunshot wound to the head floating in his swimming pool at his home in the ultra-wealthy Vyborgsky district of the Leningrad region on July 4. Voronov, who was the founder and general director of the Astra-Shipping transport and logistics company (who works closely with Gazprom) shot himself at point-blank range with a pistol being discovered nearby and casings at the bottom of the pool.
Voronov’s wife had stated that he believed he was being swindled out of ‘a lot of money’ by ‘dishonorable’ contractors and partners. Russian authorities have attributed his suicide to this dispute with his business partners but many believe this dispute could have compelled Voronov to publicly expose corruption, so he had to be taken out.
