Former Defense Minister and former head of the presidential administration, Sergei Ivanov, recently mentioned by the VChK-OGPU and Rucriminal.info, has died. He was the only person holding a high position whom Putin allowed to resign voluntarily without being surrounded or facing other consequences. Our insiders claim the death is strange and allegedly occurred immediately after Ivanov's meeting and late-night get-togethers with Dmitry Schmidt, an advisor-inspector to the director of the FSB, with whom he had been friends for many years. Schmidt himself was allegedly hospitalized afterward.

 

And here's what our source, who knew Ivanov personally, says about him:

 

"After the death of his son (his son Alexander died in the UAE in the fall of 2014 – allegedly drowned while swimming – EDIT), Ivanov began to experience serious health problems. He could barely walk. I don't know the exact illness, but it certainly wasn't cancer. His assistants helped him get to work. This gave rise to rumors of alcohol abuse. But I personally didn't see him drunk at the time. He gave the impression of someone in terrible pain, and it was difficult for him to do anything, even move. So Putin agreed to let him leave his post as head of the Russian Presidential Administration without any consequences. Later, they apparently improved his condition; he clearly felt much better, but as far as I know, the illness wasn't completely cured. As for my impression of Ivanov himself, he never gave the impression of being particularly intelligent, a sort of "martial" under Putin. At the same time, he wasn't cunning or devious, and was quite easy to talk to. And, unlike almost all of his colleagues, he wasn't a money-grubber. I never saw him with a penchant for luxury or riches; his everyday life was very simple."

 

A Cheka-OGPU source's opinion on the death of Sergei Ivanov, former head of the Russian Presidential Administration and close Putin ally:

 

"Sergei Ivanov's death is essentially the start of a gun carriage race. They all have illnesses of varying severity. They have plenty of money, the best doctors and equipment. But you can't buy eternal life. This has happened before..."

 

The source is referring to the "gun carriage race" that occurred during a period in the USSR.

 

Kosygin died at age 76 in 1980, Suslov at age 79 in 1982, Brezhnev at age 75 in 1982, Andropov at age 69 in 1984, and Chernenko at age 73 in 1985.

 

Ivanov was 73 years old.