Another Russian Energy Oligarch Dies Under Mysterious Circumstances

It’s a bad time to be an energy-related Russian oligarch with yet another mysterious death. The body of Igor Shkurko, age 49, was found in his cell yesterday in a Yakutsk detention center. Shkurko was the First Deputy General Director/Chief Engineer of the Russian energy company Yakutskenergo and had been accused of taking a £5,000 bribe—an allegation that Shkurko denied. Russian authorities have so far proffered no explanation for his death, although they stated that there were no signs of “criminal death.” Shkurko…