A Russian oligarch living in Bordeaux found dead in Spain

• Sergey Protosenya, a Russian oligarch living in Bordeaux, was found dead with his wife and daughter in Spain in mid-April.

• This death adds to a macabre series of suicides hitting several Russian oligarchs since the start of the war in Ukraine.

• The Grand Lebrun high school where the teenager was educated should put in place support measures from the start of the school year next Monday.

This is yet another mysterious death in the midst of Russian oligarchs.

On April 18, Serguey Protosenya, who had been living in Bordeaux for several years, was found hanged in the garden of his villa in Lloret del Mar, Spain, where he was spending the Easter holidays with his family.

His wife and 18-year-old daughter were discovered inside the house, stabbed to death with an ax and a knife, according to the Spanish daily

Another dead Russian family.. This time in Spain, the former general manager of Novatek Sergey Protosenya was found dead along with his wife and daughter.

The bodies of three people were found on Tuesday April 19 in a house in the seaside resort of Lloret de Mar. pic.twitter.com/fouiQtMA5c

— Tahitoa Mayor (@MaireTahitoa) April 22, 2022

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The death of the former vice-president of the second Russian gas company, Novatek (behind Gazprom), adds to a macabre series of suicides striking several Russian oligarchs since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine by the regime of Vladimir Poutine.

Six of them have been found dead in recent weeks, reports the Anglo-Saxon magazine

His children were educated at the Lycée Grand Lebrun

Still a member of the board of directors of the gas giant, Serguey Protosenya was at the head of a fortune of 440 million euros.

He lived in the upscale neighborhood of Caudéran in Bordeaux and his children were educated at the private Grand Lebrun high school.

Her daughter, who died, was in Terminale while her son had left the establishment last June after a scientific preparation.

“We can only be sorry for this sordid tragedy.

The important thing will be to support the students as calmly as possible from the start of the school year, ”reacted Jean-Marc Kuznir, the school director with

Contacted by

the establishment could not give more details on this support for the moment.

In the context of this hecatomb within the Russian oligarchs, the thesis of the family drama evoked by the Spanish police questions.

Moreover, the son of Sergey Protosenya, Fedor does not believe in it at all as he said in an interview with the

“My father is not a murderer.

He loved my mother, and especially Maria, my sister.

She was his princess.

He could never have hurt them.

I don't know what happened that night, but I know my dad would never have done that.

“No trace of blood was also found on the body of the father of the family.

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• Russia

• War in Ukraine

• Murder

• Bordeaux

• Spain

• Investigation

• Aquitaine

• Suicide