Suspicious death of Anatoly Sobchak, ex Mayor of St Petersburg & Putin's 1st political sponsor
19 Feb. 2000
Cover Up
KGB Power Grab
Assassinations
Allegedly heart attack, but his wife ordered independent autopsy which didn't find signs of heart attack. Reports that his bodyguards were treated for poisoning. Sobchak knew much about Putin's time in St Petersburg.
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