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Friday, June 28, 2024

Denis Sidorenko was ambassador in Berlin from 2016 to earlier this year, when he was recalled and not given a new role. No cause of death was given, but independent news outlets say he fell from an apartment window.

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... Belarus' former ambassador to Germany Denis Sidorenko has died unexpectedly, aged 48, Belarus' government announced this week.

After serving in Germany since 2016, Sidorenko was recalled from his position in Berlin earlier this year by Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko and not given a new position.

What do we know so far?

Independent Belarusian media outlet Nasha Niva reported that Sidorenko had fallen to his death from an apartment block in the country's capital, Minsk, on June 23.

Nasha Niva said Sidorenko had died by suicide after being questioned repeatedly by Belarus' security services.

The media outlet cited an undisclosed source as saying the former ambassador "constantly underwent polygraphs [lie detector tests] and interrogations."

Opposition politician Pavel Latushko, who lives in exile in the European Union, told the Belarusian internet portal Zerkalo that Sidorenko had returned to Belarus and become a problem for the country's power apparatus. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-06-28 06:37 PM | Reply

So... it looks like Russia is not the only country where one should avoid windows if the head honcho does not like you.

I wonder if the United States could follow if SCOTUS grants fmr Pres Trump absolute immunity he asserts he has already?


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-06-28 06:39 PM | Reply

Do you even have to Wonder?

Trump's there.

#3 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-06-28 09:01 PM | Reply

@#3 ... Trump's there. ...

Yeah, I can understand the enthusiasm of your current alias in posting the talking points it seems to be issued.

But sometimes, I would hope (against hope?) that your current makes sense in the context of the current thread.


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-06-28 09:09 PM | Reply

Being a Belarusian ambassador was probably a nice cushy job, but I don't care too much for their retirement program.

#5 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-06-28 10:39 PM | Reply

@#5 .. but I don't care too much for their retirement program. ...

Yup.

Updated: A list of oligarchs and Putin critics found dead since Ukraine war (2022)
www.euronews.com

... A growing number of high-profile Russians have died under strange circumstances ever since President Vladimir Putin came to power. ...


Putin's chef meets his window.' What does that mean for the future of Ukraine? (2023)
www.defenseone.com

... An old joke among Kremlin watchers is, essentially: If you fall out of Vladimir Putin's favor, stay away from open windows. It's a reference to the high number of Russian oligarchs and officials who have angered the Russian president and, soon after, died by defenestration.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group and a Kremlin insider commonly referred to as "Putin's chef," seems to have met his window' Wednesday. Prigozhin died in a plane crash in western Russia, along with the nine other people on board, according to Russian state media. ...



#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-06-29 12:11 AM | Reply

@#6

So... if SCOTUS grants fmr Pres Trump full immunity, should Democrats then stay away from windows, should he be re-elected?

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-06-29 12:13 AM | Reply

"if SCOTUS grants fmr Pres Trump full immunity, should Democrats then stay away from windows"

F that's terrifying.

#8 | Posted by Tor at 2024-06-29 12:40 AM | Reply

@#8

Yeah, but my question would be, does the MAGA cult cheer or condemn that?


At this point, I would regard their silence on that as cheering it.

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-06-29 12:54 AM | Reply

LAMP @ #9

"At this point, I would regard their silence on that as cheering it."

Silence indeed. The message is clear, especially in Trump's upper ranks. "You could be next!"

Back in September '23, Trump spoke about having General Mark Miley killed. Trump also wondered aloud why his generals couldn't be loyal to him like Hitler's generals.

Trump's a raging paranoid. It wouldn't take much to set him off on a spree.

#10 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-06-29 07:11 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Humpty Dumpty was pushed.

#11 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-06-29 10:48 AM | Reply

There must be a 'gravity vortex' in Eastern Europe and Russia that pulls certain individuals down to splat on paved surfaces.

#12 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-06-29 02:28 PM | Reply

" There must be a 'gravity vortex' in Eastern Europe"

Window Cancer.

#13 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-06-29 02:29 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

There's a joke about Microsoft windows and crashing here but can't complete it.

#14 | Posted by mattm at 2024-06-30 12:30 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

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