A former high boss of one in all Russia's greatest state-owned oil corporations died after receiving a doubtful therapy from a "shaman" over the weekend, Russian media say. Lukoil board member Alexander Subbotin, who now not held a administration position on the agency, was discovered lifeless in Mytishchi, a city simply outdoors Moscow, in a home owned by an area healer or drugs man referred to as Magua, in line with state information company TASS.
On-line information outlet Mash stated Magua and his spouse have been providing high-paying purchasers varied unorthodox remedies, together with a process involving toxic toads.
"They'd make an incision on the pores and skin, dripped toad poison there, and after the affected person vomited, he allegedly would really feel higher," Mash claimed, alleging that Subbotin had been a frequent buyer who got here in search of therapy for hangovers.
"Instantly, he felt unwell, and his coronary heart ached. The shaman determined to not name an ambulance, gave him some typical coronary heart drops and put the billionaire to sleep within the basement, the place he later died," Mash reported, including: "Whether or not Alexander obtained sick from toxic toads or one thing else isn't clear, however the investigation will quickly determine it out."
TASS, one in all Russia's greatest information retailers, stated the native ambulance service obtained an emergency name reporting a person who had misplaced consciousness after struggling an obvious coronary heart assault on Might 8. The physician who arrived on the scene declared Subbotin lifeless, stated TASS, citing a legislation enforcement supply.
Based on the information company, the Ministry of Inside Affairs launched a prison case that may embody testing Subbotin's blood for medicine of any type.
TASS' supply appeared to substantiate some particulars of Mash's reporting, saying Subbotin had visited Magua, whose actual identify is Alexey Pindurin, after "a state of extreme alcohol and drug intoxication [sustained] the day earlier than."
"The physique of the billionaire was within the basement of Pindyurin's home, in a room used for Jamaican voodoo rituals," TASS stated.