KARAH RUCKER: MARINA YANKINA WAS A TOP RUSSIAN DEFENSE OFFICIAL – A KEY FIGURE IN RUSSIA’S FUNDING OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE. SHE HAS NOW BEEN FOUND DEAD IN THE LATEST PROMINENT RUSSIAN DEATH SURROUNDED BY SPECULATION.
YANKINA WAS FOUND DEAD AFTER PLUNGING 160 FEET TO HER DEATH —
OUT OF A BLOCK WINDOW FROM THE SIXTEENTH FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
THE WESTERN MILITARY DISTRICT AND THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE CONFIRMING HER DEATH.
REPORTS FROM RUSSIAN OFFICIALS ARE CALLING IT A SUSPECTED SUICIDE.
THE TOP DEFENSE OFFICIAL’S DEATH COMES JUST A WEEK AFTER A MAJOR GENERAL — FIRED BY PUTIN — WAS FOUND DEAD IN ANOTHER POSSIBLE SUICIDE.
THERE HAVE BEEN DOZENS OF HIGH-RANKING RUSSIAN BUSINESSMEN FOUND DEAD IN SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES SINCE THE START OF LAST YEAR.
OUR MAHMOUD BENNETT HAS LOOKED INTO SOME OF THE STRANGEST EXPLANATIONS BEHIND SOME OF THOSE MYSTERY ENDINGS.
YOU CAN FIND HIS FULL REPORT ON OUR WEBSITE STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS DOT COM.