‘Sudden Russian Death Syndrome’ strikes again as bank vice-president Kristina Baikova, 28, dies in mystery

The same month, a Russian sausage tycoon fell to his death from a hotel window in India just two days after his best friend also died at the same hotel. A Russian real-estate tycoon also took a fatal tumble down a flight of stairs while in the French Riviera in December. Earlier this month, federal judge Artyom Bartenev fell 12 stories from his apartment building and was pronounced dead at the scene. Some two dozen Russian officials and oligarchs died under mysterious circumstances last year, it has been reported. The trend has become unofficially known as ‘Russian Sudden Death Syndrome.’ Baikova’s demise is currently under investigation.