A Russian oligarch's former firm appeared to forged doubt on theories that he died throughout a murder-suicide incident this week.
Sergey Protosenya, a 55-year-old Russian gasoline oligarch, was discovered useless in his condominium in Spain's Catalonia area, the Spanish information website, El Punt Avui reported on Wednesday. In accordance with studies, Protosenya's spouse and daughter had been additionally discovered useless within the condominium, which led Catalonia's Mossos d'Esquadra examine police drive to theorize that Protosenya stabbed his spouse and daughter to demise after which hung himself.
Nevertheless, shortly after the information of Protosenya's demise was reported, Novatek, a pure gasoline producer in Russia, appeared to contradict studies that it was a murder-suicide. Protosenya beforehand served as a member of Novatek's administration board and labored on the firm from 1997 to 2015.
"[Protosenya] established himself as an impressive particular person and an exquisite household man, a robust skilled who made a substantial contribution to the formation and improvement of the Firm. Sadly, speculations have emerged within the media about this subject, however we're satisfied that these speculations bear no relation to actuality," Novatek mentioned in a press release.
The corporate additionally referred to as for a "thorough and neutral investigation" into the reason for Protosenya's demise and expressed its "deepest sympathies" to everybody affected by the "tragic state of affairs."
Newsweek reached out to Novatek for additional remark.
The Spanish information website, Telecinco reported that the Mossos d'Esquadra police had been first alerted to Protosenya's residence after his different son was unable to achieve any members of the family on the cellphone.
In a press launch on Tuesday, the Mossos d'Esquadra confirmed that they had been investigating "the deaths of three folks in a house in Lloret de Mar."
"This afternoon, the Mossos obtained a warning that the Lloret de Mar Native Police had discovered the physique of three folks in a non-public dwelling within the city. A number of cops have moved to the scene," the assertion mentioned.
Newsweek reached out to the Mossos d'Esquadra for remark.
Along with the studies of Protosenya's murder-suicide, a second Russian oligarch was additionally present in the same state of affairs this week.
On Monday, Moscow's Predominant Investigation Division issued a press release saying that they discovered "our bodies of a lady, a person, and a minor baby with gunshot wounds," in a Moscow condominium.
"The investigation is contemplating varied variations of what occurred. Presently, in line with the precedence model, the person dedicated the homicide of his spouse and minor daughter, after which shot himself," the assertion mentioned.
Shortly after the assertion, Russia's state-run information outlet, Tass, reported that the person was recognized as 51-year-old Vladislav Avayev, a former official within the Kremlin and Gazprombank vp.
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