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Putin ally Vladislav Avayev Found Dead in his Moscow Apartment With Wife and Daughter

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MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 9, 2021: A view of the Dostoevsky House Museum opened after restoration to mark the Russian novelist's 200th birthday. The museum's location is the north annex of the former Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor built in 1806, the interiors recreated after the original designs of Dostoevsky's childhood home and memoirs his younger brother Andrei left. Gavriil Grigorov/TASS/Sipa USA

NEW YORK (77 WABC) —A Russian who served in President Vladimir Putin’s administration is dead. 51-year-old Vladislav Avayev was also an executive at Gazprombank, which is central to Putin’s gas for rubles plan aimed at circumventing western sanctions.

Avayev’s body, was found by his 13 year old daughter. She told police he had a gun in his hand. Also found dead Avayev’s 47 year old wife, and a 13 year old daughter.

His wife was allegedly 5 months pregnant by her driver. Investigators think Avayev may have become enraged over her pregnancy. Police are investigating the circumstances leading up to the deaths.

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