putin gun
Vladimir Putin stands with a gun at a shooting gallery of the new GRU military intelligence headquarters building as he visits it in Moscow November 8, 2006.
  • Individuals linked to Putin's government have died in violent or mysterious circumstances.
  • Putin, a former lieutenant colonel of the KGB and ex-head of the FSB, has been suspected of assassinating critics. 
  • Here's a list of people who have been critical of Putin and the Russian president is suspected of assassinating.

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Putin and Prigozhin
Yevgeny Prigozhin and Russian President Vladimir Putin in happier times — a 2010 tour of a school lunch factory outside Saint Petersburg.