Suicide associated with the crisis

   Financial difficulties are the cause of suicide worldwide. Quite often they are accompanied by the murder of relatives and friends. Evening, October 21, 2008 in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), 34-year-old bankrupt broker strangled his pillow 34 year-old wife, who was seven months pregnant, and then hanged himself on Dec. 24 party failed financial pyramid slashed his wrists. Do not remain aloof and Russia. At the same time psychologists point out that because of the peculiarities of the mentality and a high sense of responsibility, Russia is one of the first places in the world in the frequency of suicides. In 2007 this figure was 29 per 100 thousand population, while the world average, this number is 14 per 100 thousand. Expected to increase attempts samoubiysta Russians as the crisis deepens.

   The most resonant of suicide:

   October 8, 2008 - Karthik Rajaram - American businessman of Indian origin, a top manager PricewaterhouseCoopers and Sony Pictures, killing five members of his family and shot himself.

   Dec. 17, 2008 - Kristen Shnor - A senior official of the bank HSBC, the largest in terms of capital a financial institution of Great Britain and throughout Europe, hanged himself.

   January 5, 2009 - Adolf Merckle - German businessman, one of the richest people in Europe, the billionaire who owned a cement (HeidelbergCement) and pharmaceutical (Phoenix Pharmahandel, Ratiopharm) business, threw himself under a train

   January 6, 2009 - Steven Goode - American businessman, head of one of the largest U.S. companies to sell real estate, committed suicide.

   January 15, 2009 - Vladimir Zubkov - a Russian businessman, director of the group Sobey, one of the largest sellers of tickets for the Russian market, shot himself.

   February 27, 2009 - John O'Dolan - Irish developer, owner of the island "Ireland" as part of an artificial archipelago «The World» (Dubai), committed suicide because of depression after the procedure began to alienate his hotel Kinlay House Hostel and companies in the sales of real estate Polska Property.

   April 22, 2009 - David Kellerman - CFO of Freddie Mac, the biggest U.S. mortgage agencies, hanged himself.

   Aug. 25, 2009 - Jean-Pierre Bagar - French head unit Coca-Cola had committed suicide.

   September 16, 2009 - James McDonald - CEO Rockefeller & Co., Inc, shot himself in his car.