Russian Journalist Who Exposed Alleged Vladimir Putin Affair Found Dead at Home
Friends said the 69-year-old editor died after eating poisonous mushrooms, as his reporting on Vladimir Putin and Alina Kabaeva drew threats and exile.
- Grigory Nekhoroshev, a journalist who lived in exile in Riga, Latvia, for 11 years, has died; friends report he passed away at home after consuming mushrooms he found in his yard.
- In 2008, the journalist revealed that Putin planned to divorce Lyudmila Putina and marry Alina Kabaeva, prompting owner Alexander Lebedev to close the newspaper Moskovsky Korrespondent.
- Friends described Nekhoroshev as "quite nervous" in Riga about potential attacks by assassins working for Putin, though he died after consuming mushrooms that turned out to be poisonous.
- His death follows the killing of other Putin critics, including artist Semyon Skrepetsky in Poland last week and investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya, who was shot dead in Moscow in 2006.
- Opposition politician Alexei Navalny and Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin are among other critics who died in suspicious circumstances, including poisoning in a Russian Arctic prison and a 2023 plane crash.
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Putin's 'Personal Enemy' and Journalist Who Exposed His Secret Relationship With Kabaeva Dies in Exile
Russian journalist Grigory Nekhoroshev, who reported in 2008 that Vladimir Putin was allegedly planning to leave his marriage for Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, has died aged 69 in Riga, Latvia, where he had lived in exile for 11 years. Nekhoroshev's death was reported by friends and Russian media outlets, with reports saying he became seriously ill after eating poisonous mushrooms collected near his home. The news came after years of Nekhoroshe…
A Russian journalist who reported on President Vladimir Putin's alleged relationship with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva died on 19 June in Riga, Latvia, following alleged mushroom poisoning. Grigori Nekhoroshev was 69 years old and lived in the Latvian capital for over a decade as a political refugee.
In Riga, Putin's "personal enemy", journalist Grigory Nekhoroshev who revealed the affair of the Russian President with Alina Kabaeva in 2008, was found dead at home. He ingested poisonous mushrooms.
Russian journalist Bogna Rynska, who also lives in Latvia, noted that this tragedy remains "ununderstandable".
Russian Journalist Who Exposed Alleged Vladimir Putin Affair Found Dead at Home
Photo credits: The Sun via YouTube Grigory Nekhoroshev, a Russian journalist who reported the alleged love affair of Vladimir Putin, has been found dead. He passed away at his home in Latvia, a Baltic NATO member, where he lived in exile for 11 years as a political refugee. The late Grigory Nekhoroshev reported on Vladimir Putin’s alleged connection to Alina Kabaeva before his death in Latvia Nekhoroshev, 69, who was editor-in-chief of the Russi…
Grigory Nekhoroshev, a prominent Russian journalist who became a personal enemy of the president after exposing Putin's secrets, has died. Officially, he died after ingesting poisonous mushrooms. When the Russian newspaper Moskovsky Korrespondent reported in 2008 that Vladimir Putin was planning to divorce his then-wife Lyudmila to marry Olympian Alina Kabaeva, Grigory Nekhoroshev was editor-in-chief. Read also: Flowers laid at the grave of oppo…
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