Former Alfa-Bank Executive’s Ex-Wife Appeals to Putin Before Committing Suicide

Aliya Galitskaya, the former wife of Alfa-Bank board member and billionaire Alexander Galitsky, reportedly took her own life in a detention center. Shortly before her death, she recorded a video message addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which she accused her ex-husband of supporting Ukraine and the administration of President Volodymyr Zelensky while expressing concern for their children. In the recording, Aliya Galitskaya said she was reaching out to Putin "as the only person” who could protect her from her former husband's alleged misconduct. She explained that she married Galitsky in 2010 and they had two daughters. However, upon discovering that he was already married, she sought a divorce. "After that, conflicts began, including threats of physical harm and legal persecution. Fearing for myself and my daughters, I had to record conversations and preserve all correspondence,” she said, quoting Galitsky as saying he "would stop at nothing to get his way” and intended to see the criminal case through to the end.