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A Russian rocket scientist has died after mysteriously being poisoned - with Russian state media saying that he ate edible mushrooms.

A Russian rocket scientist has died after mysteriously being poisoned - with Russian state media saying that he ate edible mushrooms.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is aware of several accidental or suspicious deaths of both oligarchs close to him and political opponents, according to media reports over the past seven years.

Russian ‘sudden death syndrome’ has struck again in the centre of Moscow as the glamorous daughter of a Kremlin ally was found dead in her apartment on Tuesday.

The vice president of a Russian bank plunged to her death from a balcony window in Moscow last Friday evening, the latest in a spate of such deaths.

Kristina Baikova, the 28-year-old VP of Loko-Bank, plummeted from her window on June 23 and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Baza Telegram channel.

Kristina Baikova Russian banking executive death: Loko-Bank VP falls to her death in mysterious circumstances in latest high profile death.

From a sausage tycoon found dead in a hotel, to a toad-venom shaman hangover cure gone wrong, this up-to-date list details all of the ‘suspicious’ high-profile Russian deaths which have been recorded since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.