Russian mogul Nikolai Glushkov found dead in London ‘owed £87 MILLION and topped Kremlin’s extradition wish-list’
A RUSSIAN mogul found dead in London this week was on a list of expats the Kremlin demanded be brought back to Moscow, it has been reported.
The list was published by the Russian embassy in London, and a formal request was made for Nikolai Glushkov's extradition from Britain in 2015, according to The .
Glushkov was found dead at his New Malden home on Monday. He was said to have "strangulation marks" on his neck.
He was wanted regarding a High Court battle against him involving Aeroflot, the company he once ran and from which he was accused of embezzling £87million, reported.
It comes as it emerged his daughter Natalia Glushkova, in her late 30s, is in hiding after finding his body with “strangulation marks”.
Police in protective suits were seen carrying pitchforks and shovels inside a tented cordon around the £400,000 terraced home in New Malden, Surrey.
What we know so far:
- Jeremy Corbyn was branded Vladimir Putin's puppet after refusing to accept Russia was behind the nerve agent attack.
- Theresa May announced she would kick out 23 diplomats in the wake of the Sergei Skripal case.
- The Russian Embassy has responded by calling the expulsion 'unacceptable, unjustified and shortsighted' - and said 'response measures will not be long in coming'.
- The Prime Minister also confirmed government officials and members of the Royal family would not be attending the World Cup in Russia.
- Vladimir Putin ignored a deadline set by the PM to explain his involvement in the poisoning and instead warned Britain 'not to threaten a nuclear power'.
- Skripal's niece claimed that daughter Yulia could have been the real target of the nerve agent attack.
- CCTV footage emerged showing Skripal's last journey before the chemical attack.
- Russian exile Nikolai Glushkov was discovered dead with 'strangulation marks' on his neck on Monday night by daughter Natalia Glushkova in New Malden, South West London.
- Glushkov's daughter Natalia is believed to be in hiding after discovering her dad's dead body.
- The hunt for clues has now been extended 25 miles away to Gillingham, Dorset.
- Russian exiles have now been asked by cops to help identify a mystery couple aged between 35 and 40 seen close to Skripal and his daughter before they collapsed.
- Skripal and daughter Yulia remain in a critical condition in hospital after being exposed to the nerve agent in Salisbury on March 4.
Neighbours said officers asked whether they had heard a commotion or Glushkov’s dog barking on Monday when the 68-year-old died.
A source told pro-Putin Moscow paper Kommersant that Glushkov had “no guard, no servants”.
The informant added: “Allegedly, his daughter who came to visit discovered traces of strangulation on her father’s body.
“But it could not be explained whether it was outwardly similar to suicide, premeditated murder or an accident.”
Natalia — who has an older brother, Dmitry — graduated from Moscow State University specialising in Mass Communication, Advertising and PR.
She is studying for an MA at the University of Westminster.
The beauty is listed online as a founder of a “luxury lifestyle gentlemen’s club boutique” in Baku — capital of Azerbaijan.
The shop, now closed, offered “an exclusive destination for diverse luxury brands” and “top quality male accessories and bespoke services.”
A Glushkov family friend insisted his death was from natural causes and blasted web rumours about his sexuality.
The pal said: “I know that his wife Lyudmila and son live in Moscow, and a daughter lived in London but Nikolai was sick, he had blood disease.
“And even in Moscow he was already registered as 1 group of disability — the most serious.
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Russians in London said the former Aeroflot boss was linked to Andrey Lugovoy, the prime suspect in the polonium-210 murder of Alexander Litvinenko.
He was also a close pal of exile Boris Berezovsky, found hanged at home in 2013.
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