Maybe, but the motivation is unclear. Lone wolves killing somebody with such wide difference in status just because, without a expected big reward to make worth

Maybe, but the motivation is unclear. Lone wolves killing somebody with such wide difference in status just because, without a expected big reward to make worth the risk... is not so common. Can't fall to remind the scene in Batman where the Joker steals a bank ordering secretly each member in the team to kill its sidekick, just to be killed later by the next member in the team. I wonder if Cintula will fall victim of an unfortunate accident in a few weeks. Putin allies knowing things that could be embarrassing or dangerous seem to be rewarded for all this efforts, with a seat in the special program to close the lose ends. Enemies and friends, all the same. The list is not short, starting with Prighozin https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/22/accidental-defenestration-and-murder-suicides-too-common-among-russian-oligarchs-and-putin https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/22/accidental-defenestratio...