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03-11-2016, 02:21 AM
Founder of Russia Today died from 'blunt force injuries to the head'
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Former Russian press minister Mikhail Lesin, a longtime advisor of Vladimir Putin and founder of the state-run Russia Today*channel who was found dead in Washington (http://mashable.com/2015/11/06/mikhail-lesin-dies/) in **vember, died as a result of "blunt force injuries to the head."
Beverly Fields of the******* of the Chief Medical Examiner in D.C. confirmed to Mashable the cause of death by phone on Thursday.
SEE ALSO: Russia's anti-Putin activists mark Nemtsov murder, amid threats and attacks (http://mashable.com/2016/02/27/nemtsov-russia-year-anniversary/)
Fields said Lesin also sustained "blunt force injuries of the neck, torso, upper extremities and lower extremities."
She said she could **t comment further because the investigation into Lesin's death is ongoing. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/10/mikhail-lesin-russia-today-dead-died/)
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Former Russian press minister Mikhail Lesin, a longtime advisor of Vladimir Putin and founder of the state-run Russia Today*channel who was found dead in Washington (http://mashable.com/2015/11/06/mikhail-lesin-dies/) in **vember, died as a result of "blunt force injuries to the head."
Beverly Fields of the******* of the Chief Medical Examiner in D.C. confirmed to Mashable the cause of death by phone on Thursday.
SEE ALSO: Russia's anti-Putin activists mark Nemtsov murder, amid threats and attacks (http://mashable.com/2016/02/27/nemtsov-russia-year-anniversary/)
Fields said Lesin also sustained "blunt force injuries of the neck, torso, upper extremities and lower extremities."
She said she could **t comment further because the investigation into Lesin's death is ongoing. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/10/mikhail-lesin-russia-today-dead-died/)
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