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**Hugh** · 04-03-2025, 23:35

Well, I can see why he’s keeping on Putin’s good side…

https://www.newsweek.com/buvaisar-sa...window-2038742

Quote:

Russian Olympic Champion Turned Lawmaker Dead After Falling From Window

Buvaisar Saitiev, a three-time Russian Olympic freestyle wrestling champion who later became a member of President Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party, was reportedly found dead after falling from a window.

Since Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, a series of mysterious deaths have claimed the lives of prominent Russian figures, including tycoons, businessmen and oil executives—many of whom reportedly fell from windows under suspicious circumstances.

Russian sports officials said Sunday that Saitiev, a former State Duma deputy of Chechen descent and assistant to the head of Dagestan, had died at the age of 49 in Moscow.

Speaking to state-run news agency Tass, the country's sports minister, Mikhail Degtyarev, described Saitiev's death as "premature and tragic," without elaborating.

Baza, a Telegram channel with links to Russia's security services, said Saitiev "may have fallen out of a window."

A janitor found Saitiev on Sunday in critical condition lying near a residential building on Minskaya Street in the Russian capital. The Telegram channel said the janitor placed Saitiev on wooden boards and alerted the concierge to call an ambulance.

"Notably, Saitiev had no visible injuries or signs of bleeding, initially making the circumstances of his condition unclear," said Baza.

According to Baza, during questioning, Saitiev's brother suggested that he may have accidentally fallen from the window of his third-floor apartment while doing housework.

He later died in hospital, according to the Telegram channel.

Ah, that well-known cause of death - "housework"…