Valentina Bondarenko, one of the most distinguished Russian economists, died this Monday at the age of 82 after falling from the window of her apartment in Moscow: a leading researcher at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. The news agency, the Russian state news agency, ‘Tass’, fell overnight.
“She fell from the window of the apartment, unfortunately she could not be saved, her injuries were not life-threatening,” Russian emergency services said.
Although the circumstances behind Bondarenko’s death are unclear, several senior Russian officials have died by falling from windows since Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine began in February 2022.
According to the source of the emergency services, according to preliminary information, “the death of Bondarenko was not of a criminal nature, the woman had been ill for a long time.” “On the surface, it looks like a suicide, but investigators are also checking the version of an accident,” Russian Telegram channel ‘MK: Urgent News’ said this Tuesday.
According to Russian media, Bondarenko has worked at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1988, and in 1993 was appointed director of the economic research organization NT Kondratiev International Foundation – a post he held until his death. He completed his master’s studies at the institute in 1991, after completing a dissertation on political economy, and published more than 220 works in Russian and international publications during his career.
His most restricted work is socioeconomic forecasting and modeling of economic and social trends in Russia, given the severe long-term consequences of Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine for the Russian Federation and its economy.
The list of window incidents in Russia is quite extensive:
Marina Zhankina, the chief financial officer of the Russian Defense Ministry, fell from a window in her hometown of St. Petersburg. Pavel Anptov, a Russian politician who criticized the decision to invade Ukraine, fell from a window in India. Russian oil company Lukoil Ravil Maganov, the president of the country’s second largest oil producer, fell from a hospital window in Moscow. Ukrainian-born Russian President Mikhail Watford was found dead under the window of his home in Great Britain. Gas oligarch Sergej Protosenja fell out of the window, as did former deputy chairman of Gazprombank Vladislav Avayev.
Similar Mysterious Violent Deaths in the Last Two Years:
Billionaire Vasilij Melnikov, oil tycoon Leonid Shulman, director of the state energy company Igor Nozov, Alexander Tulzhakov from Gazprom, director of the Krasnaya Polyana ski center Andrej Krukovsky, Alexander Subodin from Lukoil, director of Arctic research, Moscow director Ivan Pechorin. Anatoly Gerashchenko of the Air Institute, Director of Logistics of the Russian State Railways Pavel Chelykov, State Duma Deputy Nikolai Petrounin, General Director of State Shipyards Alexander Busakov, Vladimir Nesterov, Director of the Grunichev Research Institute, Police General Vladimir Makarov (forcefully suppressed anti-war protests), Physicist Glicori Klinishov, the creator of the Russian hydrogen bomb, President Anton Serebnikov, Wagner’s boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, his deputy Dmitri Utkin, TV editor Zoya Konovalova, Rosneft judge Navanal Syachyna, officer Ivan Syachyna.
RUSSIAN MEDIA: Prominent Russian economist Valentina Bondarenko was found dead today after “accidentally falling through a window” in front of her apartment building in the Moscow region. pic.twitter.com/Wr0NraCUxu
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