critics, untrust worthy insiders and those who knew too much about what happens inside the kremlin have been murdered or died in mysterious circumstances. the radiation expert who supposedly stabbed himself. the member of parliament who slipped in the bath. st were critics including several journalists. seven were diplomats. two of them were senior members of the russian anti doping agency which was allegedly involved in a state sponsored doping program. and a general from the intelligence service and a businessman who died in a new york hospital may have been sources for leaks about alleged ti ties. most of the murders are unsolved. many of the deaths are attributed to natural causes. when you put the whole list together it is hard to ignore the pattern.