Founder of
Russia Today died from 'blunt force injuries to the head'



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 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.
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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.
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