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The former head of the Russian Ministry of Press and former head of the Gazprom-Media holding, Mikhail Lesin, was brutally murdered, and was not at all the victim of an accident. This information was disseminated by the American online publication BuzzFeed , citing its own sources in the FBI. Later, the Washington police denied this report.

“Lesin was beaten to death with a baseball bat. It seems that someone is trying to hide the facts of what happened for reasons that I cannot talk about. All I can say is that no one at the Federal Bureau of Investigation believes that he got drunk, fell and died. Everyone thinks he was beaten and that Putin or the Kremlin is behind it,” BuzzFeed quotes an unnamed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent who is familiar with the investigation but was not involved in it.

The publication also reported that Lesin allegedly intended to meet with representatives of the US Department of Justice to acquaint them with the peculiarities of Russian propaganda - at that time the department was investigating the activities of the Russia Today TV channel. This, according to BuzzFeed interlocutors, could have been the reason for Lesin’s murder.

However, this is not the first time that the media manager was killed. Moreover, the version that this is supposedly revenge from Russian President Vladimir Putin is also not new. “Putin is a KGB guy. From and to. Could Putin “get” Lesin in the USA? Absolutely. previously told Accuracy in Media . I have no doubt about that,” former FBI agent John Whiteside

However, US officials neither then nor now agree with conspiracy theories. In particular, the Washington police stated that there is nothing new in the data published by the media. “Following discussions with our homicide team, we have no reason to believe this death was suspicious. We do not have any additional evidence to report at this time,” told RIA Novosti . Washington police spokeswoman Rachel Reed

The FBI also did not comment on the leaks published in BuzzFeed. “We are sending you to the police department, which was investigating this case,” the department’s press service told Sputnik .

Russian media widely disseminated information about new circumstances in the case of the death of Mikhail Lesin, unlike American newspapers and television channels. “Those who have been observing the work of Buzzfeed for a long time generally doubt whether the site’s publications should be taken seriously,” Gazeta.ru recalls . As an argument, the Russian publication cites the story of the publication of unverified information on the BuzzFeed website, including the so-called. Donald Trump's dossier.

Let us remind you that the body of Mikhail Lesin was found in the Dupont Hotel in Washington in November 2015. American authorities conducted an investigation for a long time, but ultimately came to the conclusion that they were dealing with an accident. Forensic experts reported that Lesin drank alcohol on the fatal evening, then he had a heart attack, fell, hit his head and died. “The investigation into the death of Russian businessman Mikhail Lesin continued for almost a year, and we came to the conclusion that it was an accident,” the results of the investigation were reported last year on the official Twitter account of the US Attorney’s Office.