Pro-Putin deputy found stabbed to death and buried in basement under his house in latest myste

Publish date: 2024-06-02

A PRO-Putin deputy has reportedly been found buried in the basement of his home after being brutally stabbed to death.

The deputy of the Duma of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug was discovered wrapped in a white sheet covered in rubble.

Officials made the horror find as President Vladimir Putin and the rest of the nation celebrated the annual Day of Russia.

Kolodich, a United Russia party member who led the committee on budget, finance and tax policy, sustained multiple fatal stab wounds.

Chilling images have emerged showing the bleak basement he was entombed in after news of his shock murder began to circulate.

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He then buried Kolodich in the basement of his own home in an attempt to conceal his crime, before fleeing the scene.

Police later arrested the suspect after discovering the deceased United Russia party member, who avidly supported the war against Ukraine.

Authorities were reportedly alerted after the gardener confessed to his brother, who then informed Kolodich's son and cops.

Kolodich's wife was rushed to a hospital in the Russian capital for treatment for her horror injuries, but survived the frenzied attack.

"A worker who helped to monitor the site was detained on suspicion of murder," a police source told the state-run TASS news agency .

Chairman of the Duma of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Boris Khokhryakov led the tributes to his fellow Putin pundit.

He said: "With deep regret, we learned that our comrade, colleague, and deputy of the District Duma Alexander Vasilyevich Kolodich has passed away.

"His untimely passing is a great loss. We grieve together with the relatives, friends and relatives of Alexander Vasilievich.

"We express our sincere condolences to those who knew and loved this man.

"Kolodich was an outstanding politician, a great professional with an open mind.

"The bright memory of him will forever remain in our hearts."

Over 40 high profile figures in Russia - ranging from oligarchs to scientists and even generals - have died since Putin's invasion last February.

Many of the deaths are particularly strange - but then get ruled as "suicide" and quickly swept under the rug by the Russian authorities.

Putin's regime of course has never admitted to anything - and has always dealt with the deaths of their enemies with a wry smile.

But the pile of bodies however has appeared to have grown at an alarming rate of the last 14 months.

And while not all the deaths will involve the hand of Vlad - with some having more prosaic or tragic explanations - all eyes remain on the Kremlin.

Last month a minister believed to have privately condemned Putin's invasion suddenly died after becoming ill on a flight back from Cuba.

Doctors rushed to give Petr Kucherenko, 46, CPR after the plane made an emergency landing, but he was pronounced dead.

In April, a top Russian energy boss was found dead in a cell in a detention centre after he was accused of demanding a £5,000 bribe.

Authorities did not disclose any details of the death of Igor Shkurko, 49, but insisted there were no signs of criminality.

Shkurko was also a member of the pro-Putin United Russia political party, but his membership was suspended following the bribery allegation.

Nikolay Bortsov, 77, was then found dead in his home in the Lipetsk region of Russia with no cause given just weeks later.

The wealthy Putin-backing MP and soft drinks oligarch had been sanctioned by the UK due to his support for Putin's bloody war in Ukraine.

Other mysterious deaths include that of Colonel Vadim Boyko, who was shot five times in his office.

Despite being left riddled with bullets, the military chief's death was deemed as self-inflicted.

And there is the strange case of Pavel Antov, who died alongside his friend Vladimir Budanov.

The duo both died while Antov, a millionaire sausage tycoon and politician, was celebrating his birthday at a hotel in Odisha, India.

Budanov - described as Antov's companion - was found dead in his hotel room.

And then just days later Antov was found dead in a pool of blood having apparently fallen from the hotel.