Drowning of Russian Executive Latest in a String of Mysterious Deaths

The icebreaker Tor at the port of Sabetta in the Kara Sea shore line, on the Yamal Peninsula in the Arctic circle, some 1,500 miles from Moscow, on April 16, 2015. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images

The recent death of a Russian executive who fell into the sea is the latest in a string of mysterious deaths among Russian executives, many with ties to the energy industry.

According to local media in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok, Ivan Pechorin, the aviation director of Far East and Arctic Development Company (KRDV), sailed near the Russian island on Sept. 10 and fell overboard from the boat while drunk. His body was found washed ashore 100 miles from Vladivostok after a two-day search.