As reported by the Cheka-OGPU and Rucriminal.info, the body of former Uralkali CEO Vladislav Baumgertner, who died under strange circumstances in Cyprus, was cremated today, against the wishes of his relatives. The procedure was performed by Baumgertner's business partner, Alexei Dozortsev, who stood to gain the most from his death. Therefore, the true cause of death of one of Russia's top executives will likely never be known.
As our project previously reported, Baumgertner's sons and sister refused to sign the cremation permit (Dozortsev had requested it) and filed a complaint with the Tsaritsyno police station, where the morgue is located, demanding that a burial permit not be issued. The relatives explained this by saying that investigators in Cyprus and the UK had not yet determined the exact cause and circumstances of Baumgertner's death. They also insisted that the case be opened in Russia. And the body was the main key to solving the mystery of his death. "Until it is proven that Vladislav was not murdered, the body cannot be cremated," the relatives noted.
Our sources say that Dozortsev (pictured by RBC) made direct threats, including to the top manager's sister. As a result, the elderly woman (she is 62) stopped communicating with everyone.
Dozortsev (formerly Kurpitko, changed his surname after a series of criminal incidents) once served as an assistant to the Minister of Regional Development of the Russian Federation, and has now brought a number of former security officials into his business, including Sergei Vasilenko, former head of the Federal Tax Service's anti-corruption unit, and Vsevolod Pavlov, former investigator for the Investigative Committee of Russia and prosecutor's office employee. Dozortsev is a man with connections and influence. On February 21st, he held a farewell ceremony for Baumgertner, and today (Maslenitsa) he managed to arrange for his body to be cremated.
Sources believe that Dozortsev, who knew about all of Baumgertner's hidden assets (he was single at the time of his death), may have been interested in his death. And his death is very strange.
He had been officially listed as missing since January 7th. As we reported earlier, on that day, Baumgertner left his home for his office for a meeting, but for some reason only took his work phone, leaving his home phone at the cottage. No one else he knew has seen him since. However, the phone was still working on January 8th. Police determined that a man resembling Baumgertner took a taxi to Pissouri on the evening of January 7th, rented a hotel room, spent the night, left on January 8th, and never returned. Was it really Baumgertner? What was he doing in Pissouri? Why did he spend the night in a hotel (it's less than an hour's drive from his cottage to Pissouri?)? What kind of meeting was it? Why did he leave his home phone number (to contact his loved ones)? These questions, like many others, remain unanswered.
After Baumgertner's death (even before his body was identified), Dozortsev began calling the media, claiming that Vladislav had died in an accident. He was a keen hiker, they claimed, but slipped and fell off a cliff. His loved ones categorically denied this, as he suffered from leg pain.
