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Several top Russian officials have plunged to their deaths from windows in recent years, including a top oil executive and a defense official.

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[โ€“] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (5 children)

They must get on with it now.. find some other way of accidentally dying. If this proves one thing it is either the total lack of imagination in Russia, or the total lack of education on the risks of heights

[โ€“] Noerttipertti@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

They just have to add some flourish.
Falling from the basement window on 6 bullets someone accidentaly dropped on the ground while shooting themselves 3 times to the back of the head with hands tied behind their back after totally by accident splashing novichok on their undies.

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