Ex-Putin aide died in US hotel of head injuries: official

March 12, 2016 03:23

A former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin found dead in a Washington hotel suffered blunt force injuries to the head, not a heart attack as initially claimed, the US capital's chief medical examiner said.

Mikhail Lesin, 57, a former press minister accused of curtailing media freedoms in Putin's Russia, also suffered injuries to his neck, torso and upper and lower extremities, the chief medical examiner said.

Putin's spokesman said in response today that the Kremlin expected the United States to provide "detailed official information" about Lesin's murky death on November 5.

The official findings -- made public more than four months after his death -- contradict previous Russian state media reports, citing his family, that said Lesin died of a heart attack.

They also would appear to indicate that he was killed.

The New York Times said Lesin's injuries were the result of "some sort of altercation" that took place before he returned to the Dupont Circle Hotel where he was staying.

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