2023-05-23 21:01:00
A new death is added among the elites of Russia. This time it’s regarding Pyotr KucherenkoDeputy Minister of Science of Moscow, who died last Saturday during a flight for causes that are still unknown. The man would have privately criticized the war with Ukraine that the Kremlin unleashed, calling it a “fascist invasion.”
Kucherenko, 46, was traveling from Havana to Moscow, following participating in the XX session of the Cuba-Russia Intergovernmental Commission. In the middle of the journey, the man would have become seriously ill, so the plane made an emergency landing in the Russian city of Mineralnye Vody. A press release detailed that the doctors boarded the aircraft and tried to revive him, but despite “doing everything they might to save the patient, he unfortunately died.”
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According to the state channel Starhis family explained that the episode was related to an underlying heart condition and it would have been cardiac arrest. However, they refused to give more details while they await the autopsy that will be carried out this Wednesday. For his part, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the press on Tuesday that he did not know Kucherenko’s cause of death.
“On May 20, the Secretary of State – Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Pyotr Aleksandrovich Kucherenko, died. Kucherenko felt unwell while traveling on the plane with the Russian delegation returning from a business trip to Cuba. The plane landed in the town of Mineralnye Vody, where the doctors tried to assist him, but might not save him. We offer our deepest condolences to family and friends,” the Ministry of Science said in a statement.
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Kucherenko would have been critical of the invasion of Ukraine as indicated on his Telegram channel by the journalist Roman Super, who fled Moscow shortly following the advance on the European country. The reporter said that he had a conversation with the deputy minister, whom he considered “an old friend”, “a few days” before fleeing Russia. On that occasion, both would have talked regarding plans to escape from Russia and the frustration they felt with the military escalation in Ukraine.
Super said the official encouraged him to leave the country and leave his family. “You cannot imagine the degree of brutalization of our country. In a year you will not recognize Russia at all. Leave the country and do the right thingKucherenko would have suggested.
In response, the journalist asked him if he planned to do the same, to which the vice minister explained that he had no possibility of carrying out that plan. “You can’t do that anymore. They confiscated our passports. And there is not a world that would be happy to see a Russian deputy minister following this fascist invasion,” the official explained.
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According to Super, Kucherenko confided to him that he was taking “antidepressants and tranquilizers at the same time by handfuls” to deal with the situation in Russia. “It’s not really helping much. I don’t get much sleep. I feel terrible. We are all hostages. Nobody can say anything. Otherwise, we are immediately squashed like insects,” the deputy minister said.
The Cuban president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, expressed regret over the death of Russian Deputy Minister Kucherenko. “It is with deep sorrow that we learned of the death of Russian Deputy Minister Piotr Aleksandrovich Kucherenko, upon his return to his country following the Intergovernmental Commission was held in our nation. Our most heartfelt condolences reach his relatives, the Russian Government and people,” he posted on his account. Twitter.
A message was also shared by the Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment of Cuba, Elba Rosa Perez Montoya, who had met Kucherenko during his stay on the island. “We deeply regret the death of the young Deputy Minister of Science and Education. Our condolences to the Russian government and people and his family,” said the woman.
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