Former Russian official Sergei Tropin died in unclear circumstances

Television Channel The REN said the former official's body was found in the bathroom and the preliminary version of his death is drowning. Death is not considered a criminal act, the state agency stressed. Sergei Troppin served as deputy minister of justice from February 1996 to March 1997 under the direction of President Boris Jelcen, who in May 1996 gave him the highest rank of State Justice Adviser, First Class.

Even in January, former Deputy Labour Minister Alexei Sklyar was found in Moscow, which, according to T The USS, he committed suicide. Before his death, the former official left a message on the telegram channel in which he blamed his wife for the incident.

In total, since the beginning of the entire invasion of Ukraine from Russia, more than 20 civil servants have died under strange circumstances. In late September 2025, former head of St. Petersburg's Committee for Transport Infrastructure Development, Alexander Fedotov, fell out of a hotel window at Sheremetyevo Airport. A day ago, the body of former Rosreestr deputy head Boris Avakian was found slaughtered to death at the Armenian consulate in St Petersburg. In July 2025, Transport Minister Roman Starovo committed suicide, and shortly afterward, his deputy, Andrei Korneichuk, died of a heart attack.

In the first half of 2025, official deaths were recorded each month. These include the deputy head of Vladivostok administration, Konstantin Klyuev, who was found dead in Thailand, Yevgeny Golovaty, deputy head of the department <x0P” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who committed gun suicide, Vladimir Anayev, deputy chairman of the region's Arkangelsk administration, who died while playing hockey and Igor Rosenev, deputy chairman of the Krasnoysk Federal Prison Service, who committed suicide.