"Recruitment: Consumables of Empire"
Looking with a fresh eye, several trends immediately catch the eye:
Illogical frequency – officials, security forces, top managers of state corporations "suddenly" die with enviable regularity. The randomness here looks too systematic.
Typical scenarios – "suicides" (usually a shot in the head or jumping from a window), "sudden illnesses", "accidents" (accidents, poisoning, fires). And all this - from people who had influence, access to resources or knew too much.
Selectivity - the most "go" are those who:
was under sanctions;
had conflicts with the ruling elite or the FSB;
managed state corporations working for the army;
had connections with Western countries, business or special services.
Symbolic matches - the time and place of deaths are often tied to political events. For example, the waves of "sudden deaths" intensify after major failures of the Kremlin (2022-2023 - large-scale shooting of the elite after the start of the invasion).
Silence in the media – most of such deaths are quickly "forgotten" by the official mass media or overgrown with clumsy versions.
In short, the picture emerges as follows: this is not just "cleaning", but a well-thought-out "optimization" of the system.
Okay, let's go through the list. Let's remember all the "suddenly dropped" diplomats, top officials and security forces.
Diplomats
Peter Polszyk (2022) - the first secretary of the Russian Embassy in India, "sudden heart attack".
Alibek Safarov (2022) - an employee of the Russian Embassy in Kazakhstan, found dead in an apartment.
Andriy Botchikov (2023) - a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, allegedly killed by a "drunken acquaintance".
Mirgayas Shirainov (2023) - a diplomat in the CAR, found dead in his home.
Volodymyr Makeev (2023) - the Russian consul in Kazakhstan, "sudden exacerbation of the disease."
Officials and managers of state corporations
Ravil Maganov (2022) - chairman of the board of directors of "Lukoil", "fell from the window of the hospital."
Leonid Shulman (2022) - top manager of Gazprom, "suicide in the bathroom".
Oleksandr Tyulyakov (2022) - deputy general director of Gazprom, found hanged.
Serhii Protosenya (2022) - ex-top of "Novatek", allegedly killed his family, and then himself.
Vladyslav Avayev (2022) - ex-vice president of Gazprombank, a similar story.
Security forces and special services
Evgeny Lobachov (2023) - FSB general found dead in Moscow.
Vyacheslav Rovneyko (2023) - ex-intelligence officer of the GRU, "died suddenly".
Marat Husnullin (2023) – a high-ranking official in the security structures, "mysterious death".
Military and war-related figures
Dmytro Kovalev (2023) - adviser in the military-industrial sphere, "died under strange circumstances."
Major General Kanamat Botashev (2022) - retired, but "suddenly" went to war and died.
This is far from a complete list. If any of this resonates with your observations or there are connections that were not obvious, you can dig deeper.