Dead Russian businessman Sergey Protosenya, who has been accused of killing his own wife and daughter, 18, with an axe before hanging himself in the garden of his luxury Spanish holiday home, was murdered, says his son, Fedor..The multimillionaire former boss of major Russian gas firm Novotek was found hanged in the garden of his luxury Spanish holiday home and the bodies of his wife Natalya and his 18-year-old daughter Maria were discovered hacked to death with an axe found nearby Protosenya’s body..The Western Standard on Fridayreported on the suspicious deaths of several powerful Russian businessmen along with family members of some of the dead..Spanish authorities suggested Protosenya, 55, executed his wife and daughter before taking his own life in an uncharacteristic fit of anger while the family enjoyed an Easter break on the Costa Brava, in Spain, last week..Protosenya’s son Fedor insisted his father “could never harm” his wife and daughter and has claimed all three members of his family were instead murdered..“My father is not a killer,” Fedor told UK news outlet, MailOnline..Protosenya’s death came after the discovery of the death of Vladislav Avayev, former vice-president of Gazprombank. Ayayev had a fatal gunshot head wound when he was found in his Moscow apartment on April 18, according to Russia’s Tass news agency..There was no suicide note at the scene and no fingerprints were found on any of the weapons — an axe and a knife. Neither were there any bloodstains on Protosenya’s body..The release of the findings of the postmortem report was blocked by the Spanish police. They are citing “police investigation secrecy” as the reason for the delay..Fedor, a 22-year-old university student, was not at the villa because he stayed at the family home in Bordeaux, France, over the Easter break..He defended his father, “He loved my mother and especially Maria my sister. She was his princess. He could never do anything to harm them. I don’t know what happened that night, but I know that my dad did not hurt them.”.Fedor has been told by the police not to discuss the case in public..The violent deaths have the tight-knit Russian community reeling in the resort of Lloret de Mar, Spain, where the Protosenyas had a family holiday home..A close friend of the Russian oligarch, businessman Anatoly Timoshenko, told MailOnline: “Sergey did not do it. Sergey did not kill his family. It is impossible. I do not want to discuss what may have happened at the house that night, but I know that Sergey is not a killer.”.Another friend, Roman Yuravich added: “Sergey did not kill his family. I have known him for 10 years. He was a happy man. He loved his family. He did not kill his wife and child. I am sure.”.The oligarch’s death is the fourth such mysterious passing of Russian gas firm executives and their families linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle..Amanda Brown is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.abrown@westernstandard.news.,.Twitter: @WS_JournoAmanda
Dead Russian businessman Sergey Protosenya, who has been accused of killing his own wife and daughter, 18, with an axe before hanging himself in the garden of his luxury Spanish holiday home, was murdered, says his son, Fedor..The multimillionaire former boss of major Russian gas firm Novotek was found hanged in the garden of his luxury Spanish holiday home and the bodies of his wife Natalya and his 18-year-old daughter Maria were discovered hacked to death with an axe found nearby Protosenya’s body..The Western Standard on Fridayreported on the suspicious deaths of several powerful Russian businessmen along with family members of some of the dead..Spanish authorities suggested Protosenya, 55, executed his wife and daughter before taking his own life in an uncharacteristic fit of anger while the family enjoyed an Easter break on the Costa Brava, in Spain, last week..Protosenya’s son Fedor insisted his father “could never harm” his wife and daughter and has claimed all three members of his family were instead murdered..“My father is not a killer,” Fedor told UK news outlet, MailOnline..Protosenya’s death came after the discovery of the death of Vladislav Avayev, former vice-president of Gazprombank. Ayayev had a fatal gunshot head wound when he was found in his Moscow apartment on April 18, according to Russia’s Tass news agency..There was no suicide note at the scene and no fingerprints were found on any of the weapons — an axe and a knife. Neither were there any bloodstains on Protosenya’s body..The release of the findings of the postmortem report was blocked by the Spanish police. They are citing “police investigation secrecy” as the reason for the delay..Fedor, a 22-year-old university student, was not at the villa because he stayed at the family home in Bordeaux, France, over the Easter break..He defended his father, “He loved my mother and especially Maria my sister. She was his princess. He could never do anything to harm them. I don’t know what happened that night, but I know that my dad did not hurt them.”.Fedor has been told by the police not to discuss the case in public..The violent deaths have the tight-knit Russian community reeling in the resort of Lloret de Mar, Spain, where the Protosenyas had a family holiday home..A close friend of the Russian oligarch, businessman Anatoly Timoshenko, told MailOnline: “Sergey did not do it. Sergey did not kill his family. It is impossible. I do not want to discuss what may have happened at the house that night, but I know that Sergey is not a killer.”.Another friend, Roman Yuravich added: “Sergey did not kill his family. I have known him for 10 years. He was a happy man. He loved his family. He did not kill his wife and child. I am sure.”.The oligarch’s death is the fourth such mysterious passing of Russian gas firm executives and their families linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle..Amanda Brown is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.abrown@westernstandard.news.,.Twitter: @WS_JournoAmanda
