Indian police have found the body of a Russian man on a ship anchored at a port in eastern Odisha, a week after two Russian tourists mysteriously died in the state.
Milyakov Sergey, 51, was a chief engineer of the ship MV Aldanah, which was on its way to Mumbai from Chittagong in Bangladesh.
His body was found in the vessel at Paradip Port in Odisha on Tuesday morning.
Senior police officer Manoranjan Chaudhary told The National there were 21 crew members on board the vessel.
Mr Chaudhary said no formal report was registered as the shipping company, captain or other members had yet to file a case. The Russian embassy had not yet been informed, he said.
“Our team is at the spot. Once we receive a complaint, we will begin the investigation,” Mr Chaudhary said. “We will register an unnatural death case and then recover the body and conduct the postmortem to ascertain the exact cause of death.”
The police said after the postmortem, the body would be preserved in a morgue and later handed over to the family.
The vessel was reportedly contracted by an Indian steel manufacturer and it was scheduled on Tuesday to load iron ore at Paradip Port.
Mr Sergey is the third Russian man to be found dead in the state.
Two Russian tourists — one of them a sausage magnate and a politician — were found dead over two days at a hotel in the state's Rayagada district last week.
Pavel Antov, a member of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party and a multimillionaire, was on a trip to India with his friends for his 66th birthday when he was found dead.
Police initially said that Mr Antov was suffering from depression and killed himself after his friend Vladmir Budanov died.
The 61-year-old Budanov was also found dead on the first floor of the hotel.
Postmortem reports revealed that Mr Antov, who had briefly criticised Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, had suffered rupture of the left lung, liver and spleen, leading to haemorrhage and shock, causing death.
Mr Budanov is believed to have died of cardiac arrest.
Deaths of high-profile Russians reported
Several high-profile Russians, including tycoons and Putin critics, have reportedly died in mysterious circumstances, particularly since the war began in February.
At least seven cases have been highlighted by western media.
Dan Rapoport, a Latvian-born American who was a vocal critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found dead after falling from his luxurious Washington apartment in August.
In September, Ravil Maganov, chairman of Russia’s largest private oil company Lukoil, died aged 67 after allegedly falling from a hospital window in Moscow while he was undergoing treatment.
His death came weeks after Ivan Pechorin, a top manager and a Kremlin critic died after allegedly falling off his luxury yacht and drowning near Cape Ignatyev in the Sea of Japan in September.
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Tearful appearance
Chancellor Rachel Reeves set markets on edge as she appeared visibly distraught in parliament on Wednesday.
Legislative setbacks for the government have blown a new hole in the budgetary calculations at a time when the deficit is stubbornly large and the economy is struggling to grow.
She appeared with Keir Starmer on Wednesday and the pair embraced but he failed to give her his backing as she cried a day earlier.
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Labour dispute
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What is THAAD?
It is considered to be the US's most superior missile defence system.
Production:
It was created in 2008.
Speed:
THAAD missiles can travel at over Mach 8, so fast that it is hypersonic.
Abilities:
THAAD is designed to take out ballistic missiles as they are on their downward trajectory towards their target, otherwise known as the "terminal phase".
Purpose:
To protect high-value strategic sites, such as airfields or population centres.
Range:
THAAD can target projectiles inside and outside the Earth's atmosphere, at an altitude of 150 kilometres above the Earth's surface.
Creators:
Lockheed Martin was originally granted the contract to develop the system in 1992. Defence company Raytheon sub-contracts to develop other major parts of the system, such as ground-based radar.
UAE and THAAD:
In 2011, the UAE became the first country outside of the US to buy two THAAD missile defence systems. It then stationed them in 2016, becoming the first Gulf country to do so.
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Ship name: MSC Bellissima
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If you go
The flights
The closest international airport for those travelling from the UAE is Denver, Colorado. British Airways (www.ba.com) flies from the UAE via London from Dh3,700 return, including taxes. From there, transfers can be arranged to the ranch or it’s a seven-hour drive. Alternatively, take an internal flight to the counties of Cody, Casper, or Billings
The stay
Red Reflet offers a series of packages, with prices varying depending on season. All meals and activities are included, with prices starting from US$2,218 (Dh7,150) per person for a minimum stay of three nights, including taxes. For more information, visit red-reflet-ranch.net.
The specs
- Engine: 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8
- Power: 640hp
- Torque: 760nm
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- Price: Not announced yet
GROUPS AND FIXTURES
Group A
UAE, Italy, Japan, Spain
Group B
Egypt, Iran, Mexico, Russia
Tuesday
4.15pm: Italy v Japan
5.30pm: Spain v UAE
6.45pm: Egypt v Russia
8pm: Iran v Mexico
