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Police investigators in Russia’s Kaliningrad region on Monday discovered the decapitated body of the CEO of a local fertilizer company.

The chief executive, Alexei Sinitsyn, is believed to have died by suicide, according to a law enforcement source cited by the Vedomosti business newspaper.

Investigators told state news agencies that Sinitsyn’s body was found with an attached towing cable under a bridge outside the city of Kaliningrad. They said they were establishing the circumstances of his death.

Sinitsyn, 43, was the CEO of K-Potash Service, which has been developing the Nivensky-1 potassium-magnesium deposit in Kaliningrad since 2014. The ambitious project was originally planned to be launched in 2021, but has since been pushed back to 2032.

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[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

decapitated

die by suicide

Wat

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

These Russian oligarchs sure get inventive with their suicides.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

The Japanese used a second to help preform a self-decapitation. These Russians are so fiercely independent that they do it all by themselves.

[–] J92@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Decapitation is one of the potential outcomes of an improperly orchestrated hanging, though that's more for a capital punishment. Usually people hang themselves with a short rope and choke themselves out.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Sounds like it was a metal towing cable, like from a winch? I could definitely see that taking a head off easier than a sturdy rope.