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Two top Russian colonels plunge from high windows with one killed and the other left fighting for life as spate of mysterious deaths involving Putin officials continues (lemmy.zip)

submitted 10 months ago by Lemmynated@lemmy.zip to c/world@quokk.au

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Colonel Alexey Zubkov - an employee for the Russian Investigative Committee - is fighting for his life after he plummeted 40ft from a bathroom window, according to Telegram channel VChK-OGPU.

Miraculously, Col. Zubkov was 'conscious' after his fall and 'briskly answered questions' but was unable to explain the reasons for his plunge.

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[–] Suspiciousbrowsing@kbin.melroy.org 23 points 10 months ago

"Mysterious" is a bit of a reach..

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hard for us to know whether they're being punished for failure or are trying to stand up to Putin from within.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Either way is good.

[–] tpihkal@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

They've got to do something about those damn windows; everyone of them sounds like a safety hazard.

[–] Intheflsun@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Gravity. The reason for the plunge is gravity.

[–] remon@ani.social 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah, but it's actually a common misconception that plunge or falling will kill you. It's in fact, completely harmless. It's the sudden stop at the end that's dangerous.

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago

Some real OH&S concerns around the Kremlin