Oil Exec’s Death Highlights Russia’s Deadly Pattern in Energy Roles

The sudden death of Andrey Badalov, 62, vice president of state-owned pipeline giant Transneft, who fell from an elite Moscow apartment block, marks the latest in a disturbing string of unusual fatalities among senior energy figures since Russia’s Ukraine invasion began. The official line: suicide. But the trend is too consistent to ignore. A Closer Look at the “Window Murders” Badalov was discovered beneath a luxury building on Rublyovo?Uspenskoye Highway. Though a preliminary investigation listed suicide—apparently backed…