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Russian oil boss who criticised war dies 'after falling from hospital window'

lifeisstillgood 4y ago
Ok - HN is not the place for partisan politics. But this must be a salient data point about ... something.
- Bubble_Pop_22 4y ago
  The data point is that Russia is the only countries where the elites are more violent and more matter-of-factly than the general population. 2 high profile assassinations in the last week. The daughter of Putin's spiritual guide and now this. Such things don't even happen in Saudi or Nigeria
  - ajuc 4y ago
    I've listened to a interview with a Polish writer Krystyna Kurczab-Redlich about her book about Putin. She was in Russia gathering material and she had a Russian friend who worked in army. She asked him if he's afraid of dying and he told her: "your job is much more dangerous".
  - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
    I’ve seen this referred to as violence as a political tool.
  - lifeisstillgood 4y ago
    Saudi has a track record of this. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/mideast/how-saudi-royal-crushed-his-rivals-shakedown-ritz-carlton-n930396 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/mideast/how-saudi-royal-crushed...
- hotpotamus 4y ago
  Defenestration seems to be an oddly common occurrence in Russia, but I'm just here because I like to use that word.
- orionion 4y ago
  The availability of Russian oil and gas... winter is coming fast...
theandrewbailey 4y ago
Russians keep falling from windows. Is that a common suicide method there, and might it be a convenient cover for an extra-judicial execution? https://www.newsweek.com/russians-keep-mysteriously-falling-windows-deaths-1738954 https://www.newsweek.com/russians-keep-mysteriously-falling-...
- lifeisstillgood 4y ago
  Nazi General Blaskowitz "fell" off a balcony in the Nuremberg court - he had during the war written to Hitler saying the SS were murdering civilians and it was not becoming of the Wermacht. He was likely to be let off at Nuremberg and the SS got their revenge. Anyway - not just Russia. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Blaskowitz https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Blaskowitz). It's worth noting he was not somehow a "good" Nazi. I guess he just would not stomach some things his compatriots would. But he did stomach awful war crimes anyway.
- moistly 4y ago
  I’m beginning to believe it’s just a Russian euphemism for assassination or murder. Like saying “he sleeps with the fishes.”
jschveibinz 4y ago
“It’s raining men.” - The Weather Girls

Ok - HN is not the place for partisan politics. But this must be a salient data point about ... something.

Bubble_Pop_22 4y ago
The data point is that Russia is the only countries where the elites are more violent and more matter-of-factly than the general population. 2 high profile assassinations in the last week. The daughter of Putin's spiritual guide and now this. Such things don't even happen in Saudi or Nigeria
- ajuc 4y ago
  I've listened to a interview with a Polish writer Krystyna Kurczab-Redlich about her book about Putin. She was in Russia gathering material and she had a Russian friend who worked in army. She asked him if he's afraid of dying and he told her: "your job is much more dangerous".
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  I’ve seen this referred to as violence as a political tool.
- lifeisstillgood 4y ago
  Saudi has a track record of this. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/mideast/how-saudi-royal-crushed-his-rivals-shakedown-ritz-carlton-n930396 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/mideast/how-saudi-royal-crushed...
hotpotamus 4y ago
Defenestration seems to be an oddly common occurrence in Russia, but I'm just here because I like to use that word.
orionion 4y ago
The availability of Russian oil and gas... winter is coming fast...

Russians keep falling from windows. Is that a common suicide method there, and might it be a convenient cover for an extra-judicial execution? https://www.newsweek.com/russians-keep-mysteriously-falling-windows-deaths-1738954 https://www.newsweek.com/russians-keep-mysteriously-falling-...

lifeisstillgood 4y ago
Nazi General Blaskowitz "fell" off a balcony in the Nuremberg court - he had during the war written to Hitler saying the SS were murdering civilians and it was not becoming of the Wermacht. He was likely to be let off at Nuremberg and the SS got their revenge. Anyway - not just Russia. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Blaskowitz https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Blaskowitz). It's worth noting he was not somehow a "good" Nazi. I guess he just would not stomach some things his compatriots would. But he did stomach awful war crimes anyway.
moistly 4y ago
I’m beginning to believe it’s just a Russian euphemism for assassination or murder. Like saying “he sleeps with the fishes.”

jschveibinz 4y ago

“It’s raining men.” - The Weather Girls