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Sam kiley, cnn. >> thanks, sam. investigations are under way into the violent death of two russian business titans, and members of their families. one was many mo in moscow and t in spain. why are the cases so similar and why they are raising so much suspicion. >> reporter: two unsettling cases, eerily similar, fueling more intrigue around the putin re regime. within the span of 24 hours, two healthy russian gas executives, found dead with their families. on monday, he was found dead with his ...

People die, russian business people die, i think one kind of has to assume the worst first to eliminate that if were going to natural causes of death, and, you know, were in a very taut moment in russia. money is scare. all sorts of people are under a lot of pressure, and it could easily be the most heinous, i mean, the scenario could be the worst case scenario, not something less heinous. >> something i would love you to describe, the dynamic and relationship between men like these wealthy gas ...

Children. there are of course really harsh sanctions right now on the russian economy. a lot of these gas industries, gas executives have lost a lot of money. so one of the theories is this could be a murder-suicide situation. but it raises questions given the russians histories of carrying out attacks on european soil and making it kind of look like an accident cant be ignored either. >> i wonder, kylie, how u.s. officials are assessing this and how relations between vladimir putin and oligarch...

Are criticizing the kremlin and president putin. theres certainly been a number of deaths associated with that in the past. its not clear that they have spoken out about president putin, but certainly theres an atmosphere of towing the kremlin line being pushed in russia right now. >> absolutely. nic, thank you so much. joining me now is ceo of hermitage capital management. one of the largest foreign investors in russia until he exposed kremlin corruption in 2005. author of a new book "freezing ...