MOSCOW: A top-rank Russian defense official Marina Yankina has died after “falling from window” of a 16 storey building in St Petersburg, some 54 days after a critic of Russian President Putin died in mysterious circumstances in India.
The body of Marina Yankina, 58, the head of finance and procurement of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Western Military District, was found by police under the windows of the tower block in the Kalininsky district, according to reports.
Russian Telegram channel Mash and other Russian media outlets reported that documents and other items belonging to Yankina were discovered on the 16th-floor balcony of the building.
Her death came a year after she demanded on-air apologies from anyone who suggested that Russia would invade Ukraine accusing strategists in London and Washington of playing a “scary, strange, wild” political game.
Yankina worked at the Federal Tax Service, and also served as Deputy Chairman of the Property Relations Committee of St. Petersburg.
Her death comes just days after Major General Vladimir Makarov, recently fired by Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found dead in a suspected suicide outside of Moscow.
