What does a Latvian-born nightclub owner have to do with you Russian oil and gas, Mitt Romney, and Donald Trump? More than you’d expect… Sadly we can’t ask him directly, as the man in question fell out the window of his luxury apartment in Washington, DC last year.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Nightclub Owner Who Fell Out a Window in Washington, DC

WHAT HAPPENED TO RUSSIA'S DEAD OLIGARCHS?
Since January 2022, more than 12 of Russia's wealthiest oligarchs have been found dead. One was poisoned with frog venom. One was found hanged on a handrail with his wife and children killed with an axe. Several fell out of high windows. All of the deaths are suspicious. Russia says most of them were coincidental suicides--that the oligarchs were simply depressed. I don't think so.
Sad Oligarch is a modern true crime style investigative podcast series that looks into each Russian oligarch death in 2022/2023, unravelling a dark tale of Kremlin corruption and Russian political influence across the world.

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In the finale of Sad Oligarch we look into the final weeks of Prigozhin's life and explain how his violent death casts the mysterious deaths we've looked into in a new light. We also take a more direct approach in explaining what we think is going on... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: A War Criminal Oligarch Is Shot Out of the Sky

In what will be a two-part final episode of Sad Oligarch, we take a deep dive into the violent life and violent death of Yevgeny Prigozhin—an oligarch, a war criminal, and the head of Kremlin backed private military contractor firm "PMC Wagner". This was a man with many enemies, but who shot him out of the sky?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: A War Criminal Oligarch Is Shot Out of the Sky

In the penultimate episode of the series, Jake and Sergiy discuss the many mysterious Russian billionaire and millionaire deaths that have occurred since Sad Oligarch launched just three months ago. Several dark patterns emerge.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rich Russians Keep Dying

In the conclusion to the Dan Rapoport subplot, we discover how a Russian gossip blogger managed to break the story of his death and why a DC Freemason lodge is affiliated with his alter-ego.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DC Freemasons & Russian Psyops

In part two of our look into the bizarre circumstances surrounding the death of Latvian born Russian-American businessman Dan Rapoport, we expose his alter-ego. The fake Pentagon analyst Rapoport pretended to be caused so much trouble the Kremlin itself reported on it. Is this linked to Rapoprt’s death? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Nightclub Owner Who Fell Out a Window in Washington, DC

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