Russia it seems is suffering a second plague this year, an odd one that seems only to kill Russian Billionaire with ties to Russian oil, gas and President Putin by inducing such misery that the victims kill themselves and their families in tragic fits of depression.

1. February 3 Leonid Shulman while on sick leave was found dead in the bathroom of a cottage in the Leningrad region ruled as suicide

2. February 25 Alexander Tyulyakov found hanged in the garage of his home ruled as suicide

3. February 28 Mikhail Watford AKA Mikhail Tolstosheya found hanged in the garage of his home ruled as suicide

7. March 24 Vasily Melnikov dead in the apartment together with his wife Galina and two sons, ruled as Murder/ suicide

11. 19th April Vladislav Avayev, 51, his pregnant wife Yelena, and their daughter Maria, were found dead with gunshot wounds, ruled as Murder/ suicide

14. 20th April Sergey Protosenya, 55, his wife Natalya, 53, and 18-year-old daughter, Maria, were found dead at their Spanish mansion. The scene suggested the women had been stabbed, before Protosenya hanged himself in his garden, ruled as Murder/ suicide