In the space of a year, more than a dozen rich Russian businessmen have died in either brutal or mysterious circumstances. Many fell out of windows, some had heart attacks, and a few even killed their whole families before committing suicide. The official line from the Russian authorities is that most of these deaths were accidents or violent consequences of mental illness.
Maybe that's true, but considering the majority of these dead rich Russians are either outright oligarchs or have other links to the Kremlin, it's possible that something much dark it is taking place. These deaths have all occurred within the backdrop of the Ukraine War, a brutal invasion that has shown the whole world that Russia's President Putin is both ruthless and brazen. Maybe the Kremlin has been tying up loose ends or making examples of those who go against them,
like several of the dead oligarchs did. For some walk can actually be bad for business. This is sad oligarch With me, Jake Canrahan, I'll be investigating the numerous strange deaths of these Russian businessmen. I'll be doing this with my friend and colleague journalist Sergei Slipchenko. We believe that to understand how these businessmen died is to understand more
realistically how the Kremlin truly operates. Listen the sad oligarch start in June fourteenth on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.