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Bill Browder, (pictured) who ran Russia's largest foreign investment fund until falling foul of Putin, said the deaths reveal a vicious fight among Moscow's elite to cling on to their wealth.
Konstantin Goloshchapov, 67, crossed the border from Russia into Belarus back in June at the wheel of son Dmitry's BMW after reportedly receiving a tip-off that his businesses were about to be raided.
Viktor Cherkesov, a close KGB spy mentor of Vladimir Putin's who suffered demotion after daring to publicly criticise the Kremlin leader, has died from an unexplained 'serious disease'.
Anatoly Karpov, 71, who is known as a Putin loyalist but had voiced opposition to the war in Ukraine is in a coma at a hospital in Moscow after suffering 'serious' head injuries at the weekend.
Nikolay Petrunin, 47, dubbed the 'Gas wonderkid', allegedly died from complications from Covid after being in a coma for a month, although this has not been confirmed.