On Saturday, December 24, Pavel Antov, the billionaire chairman of the Agriculture Committee of the Vladimir State Parliament in Russia and known as the "Sausage Tycoon", died unexpectedly.

"accidents" are always caught off guard, and it doesn't care whether you are a billionaire or a political veteran.

On Saturday, December 24, billionaire Pavel Antov, chairman of the Agriculture Committee of the Russian Vladimir State Assembly and known as the "Sausage Tycoon", died unexpectedly. It is reported that he was on vacation in Odisha, eastern India, to celebrate his 65th birthday.

According to local police, with the permission of Antov's family, his body was cremated on the 26th.

In the context of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, as a Russian parliamentarian, Antov's death has unsurprisingly attracted great attention from the international community.

The cause of Antov's death became a mystery. Local media in India reported that a senior police officer believed that Antov seemed to have committed suicide. Russian media reports clearly pointed out that the Russian ambassador to India claimed that Antov jumped from the window sill or fell to his death. The local police have not found any "criminal elements" in it.

However, these statements have not convinced all the doubters, especially when 's body has been cremated , there may be no chance for further evidence collection and investigation. Moreover, Russia did not report this incident until the 27th. This time difference inevitably makes people wonder.

Secondly, this is not the only death that has occurred recently. On December 22, Antov's traveler, 62-year-old Bidenov , was found dead in the same hotel. At that time, there were several empty wine bottles beside him. Reports claimed that he died of heart disease .

In just 3 days, two Russian tourists died in India in a row, and both were "unnatural deaths" . This naturally made the doubters feel strange.

Thirdly, Anov’s identity is too special. As a Russian regional councilor, he is ranked by Forbes as Russia's highest-paid politician, with an annual income of nearly 130 million pounds, mainly because Anov is the founder of a meat producer.

But in comparison, his status as a parliamentarian is the main reason for his "fame", because in July this year, he stated on social media platforms: The Russian military's missile attack on Kiev was "terrorism" , which was obviously questioning the Russian government. As soon as the news of

came out, public opinion was in an uproar, and Western media rushed to report it. However, Antov chose to delete the post of , and publicly apologized for his "unfortunate misunderstanding".

It is precisely because of such stories that a large number of Western media openly spread "conspiracy theories" after Antov's death, leading public opinion to suspect that Anov's criticism of Putin government may have been the cause of his death.

But it should be noted that Anov is actually a member of the "United Russia" party , which is Russia's largest political party. Its chairman is former Russian President Medvedev, and current Russian President Vladimir Putin is also a member of the party.

After Anov's death, the Deputy Speaker of the Russian Vladimir State Parliament Kartukhin immediately expressed his condolences, claiming that his colleague Anov was "a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist" . He also expressed "deep condolences" to Anov on behalf of the members of the United Russia Party.

What do you think about this?

First, Anov’s criticism of Russia’s military policy towards Ukraine shows that the Russian government and the United Russia party are not monolithic. Anov is not the first critic, nor will he be the last. His death may have been an accident, but the accident has attracted public attention to his remarks, which may trigger new turmoil.

It should be noted that St. Petersburg former member of parliament Yufelev who had previously called on the Russian State Duma to vote for Putin to step down and has now fled to other countries has spoken out recently, asking the Russian authorities to prosecute Putin because the latter called the Russia-Ukraine conflict a "war" and was "spreading false information about the military."

It is not difficult to see that as the Russia-Ukraine conflict enters a stalemate stage, Moscow , which is under a lot of pressure, has also begun to face more and more internal criticism. There are well-intentioned suggestions, but there are also "fear of chaos in the world" and sinister intentions of trying to disrupt the situation.

In this context, Anov's death can easily be exploited, thus setting off a "war of public opinion" against Putin and Moscow. This is something that Russia must be vigilant about.

Secondly, did Indian officials have an unknown influence in the whole thing? After all, India and Russia have a very special relationship. They originally had very close defense cooperation and arms trade, and now there are also huge transactions in the energy field.

But the problem is that Indian Prime Minister Modi's attitude towards the Russia-Ukraine conflict is changing, especially after India took over the G20 rotating presidency. Modi has said more than once that "this is not an era of war." This is obviously Putin's way of conveying India's "anti-war stance."

There is no doubt that this has brought new pressure to Moscow and made Putin feel quite embarrassed. But Modi insists on doing this simply to gain prestige in the international community and win the support of Western public opinion in order to prepare for India's local elections next year and the general election the year after that.

In view of this, although the Indian police believe that Anov's death is most likely a suicide or an accident, they still cannot rule out whether there is a mastermind behind the incident, and even deliberately planned the accident and guided public opinion to discredit the Putin government.

In the final analysis, since this incident happened in India, the Modi government will inevitably have to endure some speculation.

Thirdly, today's international situation is very tense, and the crisis in Ukraine has affected the entire world. This has also made events that may be related to the situation between Russia and Ukraine become confusing. The international community and public opinion will more or less be in a situation where "the wind is the rain".

In the final analysis, we still need to cool down the situation between Russia and Ukraine, promote peaceful negotiations between the relevant parties, calm the war as soon as possible, so that innocent people will suffer less, and the international situation can also breathe a sigh of relief.