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Jilly_in_VA

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Tue May 10, 2022, 01:34 PM May 2022

"Toad poison" hangover treatment reportedly kills Russian oil executive

A former top boss of one of Russia's biggest state-owned oil companies died after receiving a dubious treatment from a "shaman" over the weekend, Russian media say. Lukoil board member Alexander Subbotin, who no longer held a management role at the firm, was found dead in Mytishchi, a town just outside Moscow, in a house owned by a local healer or medicine man known as Magua, according to state news agency TASS.

Online news outlet Mash said Magua and his wife were offering high-paying clients various unorthodox treatments, including a procedure involving poisonous toads.

"They would make an incision on the skin, dripped toad poison there, and after the patient vomited, he allegedly would feel better," Mash claimed, alleging that Subbotin had been a frequent customer who came seeking treatment for hangovers.

"Suddenly, he felt unwell, and his heart ached. The shaman decided not to call an ambulance, gave him some usual heart drops and put the billionaire to sleep in the basement, where he later died," Mash reported, adding: "Whether Alexander got sick from poisonous toads or something else is not clear, but the investigation will soon figure it out."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/toad-poison-hangover-treatment-reportedly-kills-russian-oil-executive/
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And here you thought the Slobfather and his spawn were dumb.....

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"Toad poison" hangover treatment reportedly kills Russian oil executive (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA May 2022 OP
He should have used Ivermectin RainCaster May 2022 #1
. Achilleaze May 2022 #2
Damn! Rich people are not always smart, huh? Ziggysmom May 2022 #3
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