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| Mikhail Lesin |
Cyber Daily News - Russia's
controversial media mogul, Mikhail lesin, which helps the
establishment of English-language television network RT, was found dead
at a hotel in Washington. He was 57 years old.RT, previously known as Russia Today, said that the former minister of media relations, died of a heart attack.
"Lesin has died, unbelievable," cooed Margarita Simonyan, editor in chief of RT, which is funded by the state, in his Twitter account.ACB News, citing Russian officials and the United States, reported on Friday (11/06/2015) night that Lesin had been found at the Hotel Dupont Circle in Washington the day before.
Lesin is a controversial figure, who was accused of being mebatasi press freedom in Russia.In a brief statement, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov deliver reporters on Friday night that President Putin highly values the contributions Mikalin Lesin outstanding in helping to build Russian. "
Washington police did not confirm the news of the death Lesin, saying only that they were examining the death of someone in the block where the hotel is located in the modern part of the city of Washington.US officials notify the Russian embassy about the death Lesin and the authorities of both countries try to determine how he died.Lesin was minister of the press, television and radio Russia between 1999 and 2004 and later became a Kremlin aide.
In 2013, he became head of Gazprom-Media Holding, the media wing of the state-owned Gazprom energy giant, and oversees the performance of the radio station's top liberal Russia, Echo of Moscow, is one of the duties. Lesin resigned a year later, for family reasons.In a recent interview, former editor of the state news agency RIA Novosti, Svetlana Mironyuk, said Lesin is one of the causes he was dismissed in 2013.A state man
Mironyuk told the Russian edition of Forbes that he was released after a student Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, and officials tell him that a media executive with a high position such as he should not choose to study in the United States.
As reported by ABC news agency, Republican Senator from Mississippi, Robin Wicker, last year proposed Lesin investigated on suspicion of corruption and money laundering. He is suspected of collecting millions of dollars in assets in Europe and the United States while still working for the government, including real estate worth 28 million US dollars in Los Angeles.
"That a civil servant in Russia can raise money in an amazing amount to acquire and manage these assets in Europe and the United States shall be questioned," wrote Wicker as reported by ABC.He also is unclear whether the FBI is already investigating.
2014, Lesin deliver on Forbes that he thinks it is good that the majority of television channels in Russia is controlled by the state. "I belong to the state (I am a state man)," he said.
