Nikolai Glushkov

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alekseevich and the family name is Glushkov.

Nikolai Glushkov
Николай Глушков
Born
Nikolay Alekseevich Glushkov

(1949-12-24)24 December 1949
Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died12 March 2018(2018-03-12) (aged 68)
New Malden, London

Nikolay Alekseevich Glushkov (Russian: Николай Алексеевич Глушков; 24 December 1949 – 12 March 2018)[1] was a Russian businessman who was the deputy director of Aeroflot and a finance manager for AvtoVAZ who died in suspicious circumstances. After claiming that Aeroflot worked as a "cash cow to support international spying operations", he was arrested and tried in Russia on the allegation of funnelling Aeroflot money through another company in 1999. He was convicted and released in 2004, after serving three years. He emigrated to the UK in 2010 and received political asylum. In 2017, he was convicted in absentia in Russia for allegedly stealing money from Aeroflot, but his extradition from Britain had been denied. Initially treated as "unexplained", his death is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police who are treating it as a murder inquiry.[2] On 9 April 2021, the West London Coroner's Court ruled Glushkov was unlawfully killed, with injuries consistent with strangulation.[3]

  1. ^ Harding, Luke (13 March 2018). "Russian exile Nikolai Glushkov found dead at his London home". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Murder inquiry over Russian's London death". BBC News. 16 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Nikolai Glushkov: Putin critic 'strangled in London home by third party'". BBC News. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.