Mystery as top Russian general and his wife found dead after slamming Putin

THE SUN UK

A TOP Russian general and his wife have been found mysteriously dead after he criticised Vladimir Putin for his “third-rate” military.

Investigators have been unable to work out how highly-decorated Lt-General Vladimir Sviridov, 68, and his wife Tatyana, 72, died.

The bodies of the general and his wife were found in their home in the village of Adzhievsky in Stavropol region.

However, their corpses were not found for over a week.

The former commander of Russian air defences had once criticised Vlad for allowing a “third-ranking” air force.

He had publicly denounced the fact that top officers were leaving the armed forces because of dire pay and conditions. 

The authorities have been unable to ascertain the cause of their sudden deaths, local media reported.

“Gas service workers have already taken measurements and no excess of the permissible concentration of harmful substances has been detected,” said a report into their bizarre deaths.

“What caused the death of Vladimir and Tatyana Sviridov is still unknown.”

He commanded the 6th Army of the Russian Air Force and Air Defence from 2005 to 2009 in an appointment personally made by Putin.