“Russian Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education dies on plane – controversies surround his death”

2023-05-24 20:57:34

Is it true that a Russian minister recently died?

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Why don’t you talk about the death of Pyotr Kucherenko?

absolutely

Piotr Koutcherenko, 46, Russia’s Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education, died on Saturday May 20 while on a plane bound for Moscow, returning from Cuba, accompanied by a Russian delegation. . According to his ministry, quoted by CNN, “the plane landed in the town of Mineralnye Vody, where doctors tried to help (…) but the minister could not be saved”. A forensic examination is due today, according to state broadcaster Zvezda.

The Moscow Times, quotes freelance journalist in Russia Roman Super, who said he had spoken to Pyotr Koutcherenko, to whom he was close, a few days before the journalist decided to leave Russia last year, fearing for his safety .
Roman Super posted their conversation on his Telegram account.

In his message, the journalist says that Mr. Koutcherenko would have strongly advised him to leave the country: “Save your family and yourself. Leave as quickly as possible. You cannot imagine the degree of brutality of our state. In a year, you won’t recognize Russia at all. When you leave, you do the right thing. » The Minister also allegedly told Mr. Super that as far as he was concerned, he could no longer leave Russia: “We are taking our passports”, he said, before calling Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a« invasion fasciste ».

During the same conversation, Mr. Koutcherenko allegedly told him that he was taking antidepressants and tranquilizers: “I take them in handfuls. And that doesn’t help much. I hardly sleep anymore. I feel horribly ill. We are all taken hostage. Nobody can suck anything. Otherwise, we are immediately crushed like aphids. »

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he did not know the cause of Pyotr Koutcherenko’s death.

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