Vladimir Putin's top legal advisor killed in mystery helicopter crash

[LiberalArkie]

Source: Mirror

One of Russia’s top legal officials who frequently spearheaded Vladimir Putin’s criticisms of Britain has been killed in a mystery helicopter crash.

A shocking video showing burning debris of the stricken AS-350 in Kostroma region northeast of Moscow has been released by Russian law enforcement officials.


Among the three confirmed dead was 58 year old deputy Russian prosecutor general Saak Karapetyan, a vitriolic critic of Britain over the Sergei Skripal case and other disputes.

He was in overall charge of Russian criminal cases into the Skripal poisoning, as well as the deaths of Vladimir Putin foe Boris Berezovsky, and the London poisoning with polonium-201 of dissident Alexander Litvinenko.



Read more: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russia-helicopter-crash-vladimir-putin-13359963

[louis c]

1. The man who knew too much

[LiberalArkie]

3. Russian Official Linked to Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Trump Tower Lawyer, Is Dead

A Russian official accused of directing the foreign operations of Natalia Veselnitskaya, the lawyer who met senior Trump campaign officials in 2016, has plummeted to his death in a helicopter crash.

Russian Deputy Attorney General Saak Albertovich Karapetyan was exposed in a Swiss court this year for a plot to enlist another nation’s law-enforcement official as a double-agent for the Kremlin.

Media reports in Russia say he died Wednesday night when his helicopter crashed into a forest during an unauthorized flight in the Kostroma region, northeast of Moscow.

Karapetyan, 58, was intimately familiar with some of the most notorious operations carried out under the orders of Vladimir Putin. He worked closely with Veselnitskaya as well as running some of Moscow’s most high-profile efforts to thwart international investigations into Russia’s alleged crimes.

More

https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-official-linked-to-natalia-veselnitskaya-the-trump-tower-lawyer-is-dead?ref=home?ref=home

[lapfog_1]

5. I f I was Natalia... I'd be looking for a place to hide and a change of identity

along with the professor that initially made contact with Georgie P. in London ( btw, has anyone every heard from him after he "disappeared" ).

[saidsimplesimon]

26. I thought she was behind bars singing like a canary?

Last edited Mon Nov 5, 2018, 04:00 PM - Edit history (1)

edit: I was thinking of Maria Butina.

[lapfog_1]

30. I think your are thinking of Maria Butina

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/16/maria-butina-charged-spying-russia-us-doj

[saidsimplesimon]

31. Thank you, I will edit to correct

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. Good find. Thanks.

"unauthorized" flight, "mysterious" crash...

hmmmmmm

[brush]

28. Sure are a lot of Russians who die in "accidents" like falling out of high windows...

small aircraft crashes, street shootings in the shadow of the Kremlin, found with hands bound in the trunk of cars in auto crashes, plutonium poisonings...you know, totally believable causes of deaths.

If I was associated with trump and the collusion I'd totally be trying to disappear in witness protection with Mueller.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Took the exact words outta my mouth.

[ck4829]

25. Indeed

[Brother Buzz]

2. Falling out of windows is so yesterday

[DemoTex]

12. "Keep passing the open windows."

The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving

[Brother Buzz]

14. Lilly didn't get the memo

[DemoTex]

22. But, Sorrow Floats

[saidsimplesimon]

4. American politicians

get a cash reward for trips to Moscow. The greedy bastards may get more than they bargained for.

It is difficult for me to determine if the Brits or Russians engineered his demise for propaganda value.

[LiberalArkie]

7. Maybe the Oligarths

[LiberalArkie]

6. UK harboring 55 Russians oligarchs who stole $8.4 Billion

Britain has routinely given asylum to criminals, who got extremely rich in Russia and fled with their ill-gotten money, Moscow said. PM Theresa May was personally responsible for shielding many of them from Russian justice.

Russia’s Prosecutor General’s office on Monday accused London of harboring dozens of wealthy criminals. Over a period of 15 years, Moscow asked Britain to extradite 83 people for prosecution in Russia, Saak Karapetyan, a senior prosecutor responsible for Russia’s legal cooperation with law enforcement in other nations, told journalists. Of those requests, 72 targeted people accused of financial crimes that have proven damages totaling around 500 billion rubles ($8.4 billion at the current exchange rate).

The actual damage caused by those individuals is likely to be much higher, the official said. The stated sum is what the Russian prosecution has evidence to confirm. “It’s just the tip of the iceberg,” Karapetyan said.

London has so far denied requests for 60 people from the extradition list, the prosecutor said. Of those, 55 were shielded by the British government by giving them refugee status or political asylum. When denying extradition, London claimed those individuals’ rights may be violated in Russia. Karapetyan said that apparently there was a well-established mechanism in London that allowed rich Russian criminals to park their capital in London by claiming to be victims of political persecution.

More

http://www.minareport.com/2018/04/09/uk-harboring-55-russians-oligarchs-who-stole-8-4-billion/

[saidsimplesimon]

8. The British intelligence

services have recruited and kept Russian double agents on the payroll in the past. Our Red Don is a pawn.

[lagomorph777]

18. So...UK won't help Putin reign in his co-conspirators?

Kind of a wash I guess.

[Blue Owl]

9. Grassley: "Not a hint of foul play"

n/t

[lagomorph777]

19. If Assley says it's not foul play, then it definitely is.

...and he knows it.

[bdamomma]

11. Well looks

Putin is eliminating his top advisor, nothing new for him to kill off his enemies.

[GoCubsGo]

13. I wonder what he did to piss off Vlad.

[EleanorR]

15. got caught

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45741520

[Racerdog1]

16. Message to the orange asshole

You not do what I ask fuck wad. Could be you next. Damn I hope so.

[greymattermom]

20. Interesting

So is Trump afraid of Putin? Trump would always get into helicopters, right? A food taster, or ordering from McDonald's won't help there. What does Putin want that Trump hasn't done?

[Julian Englis]

21. K & R

[Scurrilous]

23. K&R

[ck4829]

24. Kick

[Achilleaze]

27. KGOP's Dirty Donny* is studying the methodology intensely via the toob

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[Historic NY]

29. Oops...........