Friend Yassin talked about his last days in Washington – RBC

Former information Minister Mikhail Lesin Russia

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The former information Minister Mikhail Lesin, who died in Washington in November 2015, the failure occurred before death,” alcohol-related “, he said “Kommersant” friends with him director of Vi Sergey Vasiliev

group Director Vi Sergey Vasiliev in an interview with “Kommersant” described the last days of former information Minister of Russia Mikhail Lesin, whose body was found in a hotel room Dupont Circle in Washington, DC November 5, 2015.

Vasilyev, who explained that Lesin was a friend of more than 20 years, said that in Washington Lesin came at the invitation of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the banking group “Alfa-Bank” Peter Aven. “In Washington it called Pyotr Aven. & Lt; … & gt; But, unfortunately, we are not met, “- said Vasilyev.

According to him, Yassin in Washington there was a failure,” alcohol-related “, in which he left the hotel at night, where he lived in the neighborhood with friends. “It happened and there. With him were his old friends, I know them, they have been living in America. They tried to stop him, then at night he left the hotel, where they lived side by side, like this had happened before, settled, as I understand it, into the first, where it all happened, “- said the source of the newspaper

On. the issue of injuries on the body of Yassin, which on March 10 told the US medical examiners, Vasilyev said that Yassin before were “failures”, when he unwittingly inflicted injury strengths. “I can only say that when Misha used to be failures, then there were cases when he fell, causing involuntary injury itself, including quite heavy. And I would never want to talk about it, but I still know of such cases, “- concluded Vasilev.

In addition, Vasiliev spoke about the “strange story” that occurred in the Dupont Hotel. On the night of Monday to Tuesday Lesin, according to Vasilyev, he was settled in the Dupont, when he was drunk. “It seems like on Wednesday night to him came the security officer of the hotel in order to” visit the guest, who did not leave the room, “- said Vasilyev

Ohrannnik found Yassin on the floor, sleeping, drunk and tried. to pass it on the bed, at the same time, he said Vasilyev, Lesin resisted, and the security officer had gone to “leave the guest alone.” “The next morning Michael found the cleaner rooms for the same place, but with no signs of life” -. Said the source publication

The new information about the causes of Yassin’s death came four months after his death, when the body was already cremated. Immediately after the death of the official information on its causes were not, “RIA Novosti” with reference to the ex-minister relatives wrote that he died of a heart attack.

However, March 10, 2016 the police and administration chief Medical Examiner of the US capital, issued a statement which said that the cause of death of the former head of “Gazprom-Media” were “blunt neck trauma, trunk, upper and lower limbs».

Later, the newspaper The New York Times from citing a source reported that the injuries found on the body of Yassin, had received as a result of “a kind of argument” before it is returned to the hotel room, Mr. de later found the body.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called a “true” new Lesina information about the circumstances of death, as it has been verified by the Russian side. Reuters’ sources in the police said that the police finds out circumstances under which Lesin suffered a head injury, and did not rule out that the attack was carried out on him. The interviewee added that the investigation has no suspects, authorities are still trying to establish possible motives for the attack.

The medical examiner: the cause of death of Mikhail Lesin became head injury

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