Russian ambassador to Maputo dies “suddenly”. Autopsy denied

Mozambique

The Russian ambassador to Mozambique, Alexander Surikov, died in his residence in Maputo on Saturday night, as announced by the embassy on social media.

“With deep sorrow, the Russian embassy in Mozambique must inform that ambassador Alexander Surikov passed away suddenly last night in his residence“, reads the publication, which sends “the most sincere condolences”.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a note stating that Surikov had died following a stroke.

However, a note from the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) raises other possibilities.

The investigation’s “presumption” is “sudden death due to undetermined causes”, however, when the police picket arrived at the morgue of the Maputo Central Hospital, “it found that the body had already been prepared”, reads the same, quoted by the Lusa agency.

“And by instructions from Russia, which reached the technical team of the picket through the consul of that Federation, Mr. Yuri Doroshenkov, who was present at the morgue accompanied by the embassy’s security officer, was instructed not to do any (…) examination of the body, much less an autopsy“, the information states, adding: “However, the technical team took photographs of the deceased’s body in the drawer, photographs were taken of his residence and the consul’s statement was collected”.

Surikov was 68 years old and was appointed to the post of ambassador to Mozambique by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2017.

In one of the few statements to the media, Ambassador Surikov had conveyed, in an interview with Lusa on February 2, Moscow’s willingness to support Maputo in the fight against terrorism in Cabo Delgado, in case of a request, noting, however, that the support the country is receiving is sufficient.

“If Mozambique requests anything, we are here, but the situation is not so dramatic now”, declared Alexandre Surikov, reacting to a question posed by Lusa, on the sidelines of an event at the Ponta Vermelha Palace, the official residence of the President of Mozambique, in Maputo.

The Russian ambassador even said that Maputo “can always count on Russia”: “We have many years of experience of cooperation in the military sphere with Mozambique, we helped this country to build its armed forces and they know perfectly well about our capabilities. If they need any specific help, we are always here”, he said at the time.

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